Bach's first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, stated that the English Suites were written for "an Englishman of rank."
Performer Biography
Yulianna Avdeeva's performances of Chopin's music have earned her particular praise and a large following in Poland, due to her long association with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
Performer Biography
Yulianna Avdeeva rose to international fame after winning First Prize in the prestigious Chopin Competition in 2010.
Composition History
Bach's Overture in the French Style and the Italian Concerto together form the second part of his Clavier-Übung, published in 1735.
Composition History
Scholars now believe the "Englishman of rank" for whom Bach wrote the English Suites might have been the French musician François Dieupart, who lived in London.
Composition History
Bach quoted a motif from François Dieupart's Suites de Clavessin in the Prélude to the first English Suite, and had even copied Dieupart's scores by hand.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The seven surviving Toccatas by Bach largely date from his early twenties (1706-1710), a period of intense keyboard virtuosity influenced by the North German masters like Buxtehude.
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