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Partita for keyboard No. 2, BWV 826

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(Redirected from BWV 826) 1726 composition for harpsichord by J. S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

The Partita for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826, is a suite of six movements written for the harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was announced in 1727, issued individually, and then published as Bach's Clavier-Übung I in 1731.

Musical structure

This partita consists of six movements:

  1. Sinfonia
  2. Allemande
  3. Courante
  4. Sarabande
  5. Rondeau
  6. Capriccio

References

  1. Schulenberg 1992, p. 280.
  2. Schulenberg 1992, p. 276.
  3. Jones 2013, p. 51.

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