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Air from the Suite No. 3 in D for Recorder Quartet
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Air from the Suite No. 3 in D for Recorder Quartet
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.A transcription of Bach’s Air beautifully set for Recorder Quartet.
An excellent piece for your next concert, if you would like to give your audience a Beecham style lollipop!
The original orchestral suite was written by Bach for his patron Prince Leopold of Anhalt some time between the years 1717 and 1723. The title comes from violinist August Wilhelmj’s late 19th century arrangement of the piece for violin and piano. By transposing the key of the piece from its original D major to C major and transposing the melody down an octave, Wilhelmj was able to play the piece on only one string of his violin, the G string. Later, a spurious story was put about that the melody was always intended to be played on the G string alone.
