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He originally intented to publish seven partitas (an intention further signaled by the spread of keys, which follows the structre Bb, Cm, Am, D, G, e, leaving F as the logical conclusion). The Italian concerto in F was published in the  Clavier-Ubung II, having likely originated from this conception and later expanded into a Concerto form.","movements":"","composer":{"id":30,"url":"https://api.musopen.org/v2/composers/30/","slug":"johann-sebastian-bach","first_name":"Johann Sebastian","last_name":"Bach","date_of_birth":"21st March 1685","place_of_birth":"Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach, Germany","date_of_death":"28th July 1750","description":"Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he did not introduce new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France.","image":"https://s.musopen.org/media/images/composers/bach_col.jpg","is_featured":true,"is_bookmarked":false},"form":{"id":49,"url":"https://api.musopen.org/v2/forms/49/","slug":"partita","name":"Partita","description":"The term 'Partita' originally referred to an instrumental piece of music to be played for a single instrument. Later, Johann Sebastian Bach adapted the term to refer to collections of musical pieces, not unlike a dance suite. ","is_bookmarked":false},"period":{"id":2,"url":"https://api.musopen.org/v2/periods/2/","slug":"baroque","name":"Baroque","description":"Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1750. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance, and was followed by the Classical period. The word \"baroque\" came from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning \"misshapen pearl\", an initially derisive characterization of the architectural style of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music. The baroque period saw the development of functional tonality, as well as the crystallization of the harmony and counterpoint rules which came to define the 'common practice period' (which extends from the baroque to the late romantic). Nowadays baroque music constitutes an important part of the academic music canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to. It is associated with composers such as Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Tomaso Albinoni, and Johann Sebastian Bach, all of which played an essential role in the development of modern musical concepts. During the baroque period a number of genres were established (such as the opera and the oratorio), the way was paved for new genres (such as the classical sonata and the symphony), and composers expanded the theoretical basis of music composition, making advances in musical notation and instrumental technique.","is_bookmarked":false},"instruments":[{"id":37,"url":"https://api.musopen.org/v2/instruments/37/","slug":"piano","name":"Piano","description":"The piano is a keyboard-based music instrument. Its versatility and pervasiveness, together with its polyphonic capabilities have made it one of the world's most employed instruments, and a crucial piece in the development of the Western musical tradition. It's name is a shortened form of 'pianoforte', terms which in Italian respectively mean 'soft' and 'loud', referring the fact that the pianoforte had the capability of producing variations in volume which previous keyboard instruments could not.\r\nStandard pianos have 52 white keys and 36 black ones, for a total of 88. They are chordophones: pressing any key activates a mechanism which makes a hammer strike a set of strings. The sound produced is amplified via the soundboard and body of the piano. \r\nBeing one of the most influential instruments in the history of music, the piano has undergone many changes and technological innovations, from the insertion of the damper and tonal pedals, to the creation of electric, electronic, and digital pianos.","image":"https://s.musopen.org/media/images/instruments/pexels-juan-pablo-serrano-arenas-1246437_1.jpg","is_bookmarked":false}],"key":{"id":22,"url":"https://api.musopen.org/v2/keys/22/","slug":"c-minor","name":"C Minor","is_bookmarked":false},"licenses":["CC-BY-NC-ND","CC-PD","CC-BY"],"avg_duration":null,"practice_difficulty":null,"rcm_difficulty_level":"","rating":4.6,"hits":109581,"is_bookmarked":false},"key":{"id":22,"url":"https://api.musopen.org/v2/keys/22/","slug":"c-minor","name":"C Minor","is_bookmarked":false},"instruments":[],"rating":0.0,"fileurl":"https://dl.musopen.org/sheetmusic/c4afadef-48bb-48cd-b90a-af4700316024.pdf?filename=No.2%20in%20C%20minor%2C%20BWV%20826.pdf","is_bookmarked":false}