Musical Offering BWV 1079

German Title

Musikalisches Opfer / Das Musikalisches Opfer

English Title

Musical Offering / The Musical Offering (MO)

French Title

L'Offrande musicale

Spanish Title

Works

The Musical Offering, for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079
1. Ricercare à 3, for harpsichord
2. Canon perpetuus super thema regimum, for strings
3. Canons diversi: Canon à 2, for strings "Canon Cancrizans" (Crab Canon)
4. Canons diversi: Canon à 2, for 2 violins in unison
5. Canons diversi: Canon à 2, for strings "Canon per motum contrarium"
6. Canons diversi: Canon à 2, for strings "Canon per augmentationem, contrario motu"
7. Canons diversi: Canon à 2, for strings "Canon circularis per tonos"
8. Fuga Canonica in Epidiapente, for strings
9. Ricercare à 6, for harpsichord
10. Canon à 2, for harpsichord "Quaerando invenietis"
11. Canon à 4, for harpsichord
12. Trio [Sonata] for flute, violin & continuo: Largo
13. Trio [Sonata] for flute, violin & continuo: Allegro
14. Trio [Sonata] for flute, violin & continuo: Andante
15. Trio [Sonata] for flute, violin & continuo: Allegro
16. Canon Perpetuo [per justi intervali], for flute, violin & continuo
Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci from Musical Offering BWV 1079, orchestrated by Anton Webern

Scoring

Flute, Violin, Continuo

Score

References

Composed

BGA

NBA

BC

First Published

BWV 1079

May-Jul 1747

IIII/2

III/1

Leipzig, 1747

Webern

Music

Music Examples

Contents

Recordings | Reviews | Discussions | Articles | Links

Recordings

Part 1: Complete Recordings 1900-1949
Part 2: Complete Recordings 1950-1959
Part 3: Complete Recordings 1960-1969
Part 4: Complete Recordings 1970-1979
Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989
Part 6: Complete Recordings 1990-1999
Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009
Part 8: Complete Recordings 2010-2019
Part 11: Recordings of the Trio Sonata
Part 12: Recordings of the Ricercars
Part 13: Recordings of Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci, orchestrated by Anton Webern
Part 14: Recordings of the Canons

Reviews

Comparative Review: Bach’s Musical Offering (2 Parts)
Review: Musical Offering (sic)
Review: Bach’s Musical Offering from Ensemble Aurora
Review: Musical Offering DVD
Review of Savall Musical Offering

Discussions

General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

Articles

Links

Title

Description

The Musical Offering

The music; Reception; 20^th century adaptations & citations; Links

The Musical Offering, BWV 1079

Commentary

Canons of the Musical Offering

Article

Bach’s Musical Offering

Short article

JS Bach - Musical Offering, Art of the Fugue

Feature CD Reviews.

The Royal Palace, Potsdam

Where Bach's Musical Offering was born

Bach's Musical Offering

Short article

A. Webern: Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci for orchestra (arranged from Bach's Musical Offering)

Commentary

The Musical Offering - A Musical Pedagogical Workshop by J.S. Bach, or The Musical Geometry of Bach's Puzzle Canons

Prologue: Bach presents a Musical Offering; On the concept of transformation principles in music; Bach's Puzzle Canon Workshop; Conclusion; Epilogue: The case of Felix Mendelssohn's entry in Hans Christian Andersen's Album

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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2006 - December 2012)