Overview of Bach's Concerto Transcriptions with closer examination of Concerto No. 2, first movement

1. Harpsichord Transcriptions J.S. Bach

2. Why Concerto transcriptions? “ He was attracted to the rational tonal design and ritornello organization of the concerto that enabled the creation of unified, continuous instrumental movements on a hitherto unprecedented scale, avoiding, on the one hand, the tonal monotony and short-breathed sectionalism of, say, the variation set or the passacaglia, and on the other, the tendency, observable at times in the early toccatas –and even the early fugues- toward excessive variety and contrast at the cost of any sense of a compelling underlying unity.” -Robert L. Marshall, Eighteenth Century Keyboard Music

3. Bach in Weimar Organist 1708-1717

4. Access to Concertos Johann Ernst: Prince of Weimar Concerto XVI, Arrangement of Prince Johann Ernst’s Concerto Op.1 No.4

5. The transcriptions Embellishment Idiomatic Verbatim Elaborate violin harpsichord

21. Summary