MUS 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin (Bach), Minuet, Adagia
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In cothen bach"s salary doubled, in comparison to his pay in weimar. Leopold, was an energetic supporter of the arts, especially encouraging instrumental music. Prince was a good performer on harpsichord, violin and viola da gamba and often joined in the music making with his court musicians. At this time bach had four children, then remarried when his first wife died and subsequently had twelve more with his new wife. Leopold married and unfortunately his wife was not sympathetic to music. Bach began to look for other job opportunites and left cothen in 1723. The six suites for solo cello (cid:333)ere (cid:333)ritten during bach"s time in cothen. They (cid:333)ere (cid:332)irtually unknown until pablo casals, the famous spanish cellist, started performing them and recorded them in 1936. Since then they have come to form the core repertoire of all cellists. Christian ludwig (margrave of brandenburg) did not have the skilled musicians in his orchestra to perform the concertos.
