Bach, Johann Sebastian - Air on the G string
Sheet music for Viola

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Viola Piano

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Viola (LARGE)

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About 'Air on the G string '

Artist:

J.S.Bach (

biography)

Born:

21 March 1685 , Eisenach

Died:

28 July 1750 , Leipzig

The Artist:

One of the greatest composers of all time. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. He spent most of his life as a church organist and a choir director. His music combines profound expression with clever musico-mathematical feats, like fugues and canons in which the same melody is played against itself in various ways.

Composed:

1720 circa.

Info:

Originally part of the orchestral suite No 3 and written for Prince Leopold, Bach's employer in the little principality of Anhalt-Cothen between 1717 and 1723, the 'Air on the G string' arrived in its current popular form over 100 year later, when German violinist August Wilhelm arranged the piece for violin and piano to be played on the evocative G-string of the violin .

Score Key:

D major (Sounding Pitch) (

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Tempo Marking:

Andante

Duration:

4:36

Time Signature:

4/4 (

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Range:

A4-C6