page_title: Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019
hierarchical_section_title: Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019
caption_attribution_description: Opening of the first movement of the sixth sonata for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1019, (thrd version) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Manuscript P229, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Copied by Johann Christoph Altnickol
context_page_description: The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 by Johann Sebastian Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. Unlike baroque sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, where the realisation of the figured bass was left to the discretion of the performer, the keyboard part in the sonatas was almost entirely specified by Bach. They were probably mostly composed during Bach's final years in Cöthen between 1720 and 1723, before he moved to Leipzig. The extant sources for the collection span the whole of Bach's period in Leipzig, during which time he continued to make changes to the score.
context_section_description: The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 by Johann Sebastian Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. Unlike baroque sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, where the realisation of the figured bass was left to the discretion of the performer, the keyboard part in the sonatas was almost entirely specified by Bach. They were probably mostly composed during Bach's final years in Cöthen between 1720 and 1723, before he moved to Leipzig. The extant sources for the collection span the whole of Bach's period in Leipzig, during which time he continued to make changes to the score.
caption: Manuscript of the first movement of BWV 1019, third version, copied by Johann Christoph Altnickol
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