This is a set of 18 variations on the very well known french tune of "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman" where many people have composed sets of variations.
This one is composed by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 - 1795) the ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach.
A significant portion of J. C. F. Bach's output was lost in the WWII destruction of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung in Berlin, where the scores had been on deposit since 1917. Bach's work shows him to have been a transitional figure in the mold of his half-brother C. P. E., his brother Johann Christian, the Grauns, and Georg Philipp Telemann, with some works in the style of the high Baroque, some in a galant idiom, and still others which combine elements of the two, along with traits of the nascent classical style.
17 авг 2010