Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Recordings

Performer Pages Kurt Redel (conductor)
Publisher Info. Erato LDE 3229/3230, 1962.
Performers Kammerorchester Pro Arte
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Misc. Notes Source: BnF AB 62-23 - 2 Disques microsillon 33 t, 30 cm, mono
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Performer Pages Philomusica of London (orchestra)
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Publisher Info. London: Musical Masterpiece Society (Philips), 1955.
Performers Léon Goossens (oboe), Dennis Brain & Norman del Mar (horns)
Emanuel Hurwitz, (violin), George Malcolm (cembalo)
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded ca.1955
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Performer Pages Karl Ristenpart (conductor)
Publisher Info. Paris: Les Discophiles Français, 1954.
Performers Ulrich Grehling (violin piccolo)
Orchestre de Chambre de la Sarre
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded 1954, February 7, Saarlouis
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Performer Pages Philomusica of London (orchestra)
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Publisher Info. London: Decca, 1945. K1541/42/43.
Performers Evelyn Rothwell (oboe), Frederick Grincke (violin)
Kathleen Long (piano)
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded June 22, 1945. Portrait on the right: Boyd Neel, stamp "MAY 11 1955, Boyd Neel, conductor of the Hart House Orchestra, featured during the four week inaugural Festival of Music at Stratford, July 9th - August 6th 1955"
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For Recorder Ensemble (Papalin)

Performer Pages Papalin (recorder, chorus)
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Performers Papalins
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

Performer Pages Michel Rondeau (trumpet)
Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers Thomas Annand (organ)
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Naxos

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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Selections

For 7 Recorders and Continuo (Mondrup and McDaniel)
Publisher Info. Christian Mondrup
Performers Christian Mondrup
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Menuetto (No.4)

For 5 Recorders (Tennent)
Publisher Info. R.D. Tennent
Performers PhotoScore
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Transposed to B major.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Publisher. Info. Six Concerts avec plusieurs Instruments (f.2r-14r)
Holograph manuscript, 1721.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B), Amalien-Bibliothek: Am.B 78 (1)
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Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 19 (pp.1-30)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1871. Plate B.W. XIX.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1220. (#699416)
New York: Dover Publications, 1976. (#16310)
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Misc. Notes Issued as a separate score by Breitkopf with the plate B.W. 266
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Editor Arnold Schering (1877–1941)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Eulenburg, n.d.(ca.1927). Plate E.E. 3311.
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Editor Kurt Soldan (1891–1946)
Ludwig Landshoff (1874–1941), continuo realization
Publisher. Info. Sechs Brandenburgische Konzerte (pp.5-34)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1960. Plate 27767.
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Misc. Notes Modified reprint of the 1934 score issued by Peters.
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Editor Heinrich Besseler (1900–1969)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Band 2 (pp.1-40)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1956. Plate BA (DVfM) 5005.
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Editor Heinrich Besseler (1900–1969)
Revised edition of 1965.
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Band 2 (pp.1-40)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1956. Plate BA 5005.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
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Editor Heinrich Besseler (1900–1969)
Translator Hans Ferdinand Redlich (1903–1968), English translation (Preface)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Band 2 (pp.I-III, 3-40)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1956. Plate BA (DVfM) 5005.
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Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1988). Catalog A3340.
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Editor CCARH Team
Publisher. Info. Palo Alto: CCARH, 2004.
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Parts

10 more: Bassoon • Horn 1, 2 (F, original) • Horn or Trumpet 1, 2 (B♭, transposed) • Piccolo Violin • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses • Continuo (Harpsichord)

Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)
Ludwig Landshoff (1874–1941), continuo realization
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate J.S.B. Orch.5.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A1220.
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Misc. Notes Landshoff's harpsichord part was issued by Peters.
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9 more: Bassoon • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Piccolo Violin (concert pitch, transposed) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses • Continuo (Harpsichord)

Editor Heinrich Besseler (1900–1969)
August Wenzinger (1905–1996)
Eduard Müller (1912–1983), continuo*
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Band 2
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1956. Plate BA 5108.
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Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1988). Catalog A3340.
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Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project.. *Müller's continuo realization likely protected in CA, EU.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 6 Recorders (Tabard)

6 more: Alto Recorder 1 • Alto Recorder 2 • Tenor Recorder 1 • Tenor Recorder 2 • Tenor Recorder 3 • Bass Recorder

Arranger Maiwenn Tabard
Publisher. Info. Maiwenn Tabard, 2014
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For 2 Horns and 2 Pianos (Besseling)
Arranger Peter Besseling (b. 1953)
Publisher. Info. Peter Besseling, 2022.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

4 more: Trumpet (C) • Trumpet (B♭) • Organ • Engraving files (Finale)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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For Piano 4 hands (Reger)
Arranger Max Reger (1873–1916)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.3108, n.d. Plate 9030.
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Adagio (No.2)

For 7 Recorders and Continuo (Mondrup and McDaniel)

10 more: Descant Recorder 1 • Descant Recorder 2 • Treble Recorder 1 • Treble Recorder 2 • Tenor Recorder 1 • Tenor Recorder 2 • Bass Recorder • Great Bass Recorder • Harpsichord (continuo) • Engraving files (M-Tx, Sibelius)

Arranger Stan McDaniel
Annette Mondrup
Christian Mondrup
Publisher. Info. Christian Mondrup
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.
This arrangement is meant as an addition to movement 1 as arranged by Andrew Charlton, Berandol Music Ltd (BER 1061), Toronto 1970
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For Piano (Sun)
Arranger Ruoshi Sun
Publisher. Info. Ruoshi Sun, 2023.
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Recordings Piano performance by Ruoshi Sun (2023)
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Allegro (No.3)

For 7 Recorders and Continuo (Annette and Christian Mondrup)

9 more: Descant Recorder 1 • Descant Recorder 2 • Treble Recorder 1 • Treble Recorder 2 • Tenor Recorder 1 • Tenor Recorder 2 • Bass Recorder • Continuo • Harpsichord

Arranger Annette Mondrup
Christian Mondrup
Publisher. Info. Christian Mondrup
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.

This arrangement is meant as an addition to movement 1 as arranged by Andrew Charlton, Berandol Music Ltd (BER 1061), Toronto 1970

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Menuetto (No.4)

For 7 Recorders and Continuo (Annette and Christian Mondrup)

9 more: Descant Recorder 1 • Descant Recorder 2 • Treble Recorder 1 • Treble Recorder 2 • Tenor Recorder 1 • Tenor Recorder 2 • Bass Recorder • Continuo • Harpsichord

Arranger Annette Mondrup
Christian Mondrup
Publisher. Info. Christian Mondrup
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.

This arrangement is meant as an addition to movement 1 as arranged by Andrew Charlton, Berandol Music Ltd (BER 1061), Toronto 1970

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For 5 Recorders (Tennent)
Arranger R.D. Tennent
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For Organ (Best)
Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.3 (pp.631-36)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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General Information

Work Title Brandenburg Concerto No.1
Alternative. Title Concerto primo
Name Translations 1. Brandenburgisches Konzert; Concerto brandeburghese n. 1; Concert de Brandenburg núm. 1; concerto brandebourgeois n° 1; ブランデンブルク協奏曲 第1番; [2 more...]Concierto de Brandeburgo n.º 1; Brandenburga Konĉerto n-ro 1
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 193652118; GND: 300005369; BNF: 139094321
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 1046
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 43
Key F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. [no tempo indication] (84 bars)
    usually performed at Allegro or Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio (39 bars)
  3. Allegro (124 bars)
  4. Menuetto 7 subdivisions (24 bars; 188 total)
Trio I (28 bars)
Menuetto da capo (24 bars)
Polacca or Polonaise (32 bars)
Menuetto da capo (24 bars)
Trio II (32 bars)
Menuetto da capo (24 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1721 in Six Concerts avec plusieurs Instruments (No.1)
First Publication. 1850 - Leipzig: C.F. Peters (ed. Dehn)
Dedication Markgraf Christian Ludwig von Brandenburg-Schwedt
Average DurationAvg. Duration 21 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation orchestra
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Concertante: 3 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, violino piccolo
Orchestra: strings, continuo (harpsichord)
Related Works Revised version of the Sinfonia in F major, BWV 1046a
Discography MusicBrainz
Authorities Wikidata
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links All Music Guide
Wikipedia article (section)
Scores at Sheet Music Plus

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