Its name was coined soon after the composer's death by the scholar Philipp Spitta. While the sixth was actually the first to be composed, the fifth with its extended organ cadenza and the third with its strings-only takeoff o
Its name was coined soon after the composer's death by the scholar Philipp Spitta. While the sixth was actually the first to be composed, the fifth with its extended organ cadenza and the third with its strings-only takeoff on Vivaldi have become the most widely performed today. FTP, name this group of concerti dedicated to the Margrave Christian Ludwig and named for a German state ruled by the Margrave's father, which was written by J.S. Bach.
Its name was coined soon after the composer's death by the scholar Philipp Spitta.
{Brandenburg Concertos}