French Suite No. 2 - Allemande (arr. Iris Kao) by J. S. Bach Sheet Music for String Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist J. S. Bach

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer J. S. Bach

Arranger Iris Kao

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 5

Arrangement String Ensemble

Publisher Iris Kao Music

Level 2

Product ID 1567477

Genre Baroque Classical Chamber

Instruments Cello Violin

Performance Group String Trio

Product Description

The Allemande from Bach's French Suite No. 2 can best be described as hauntingly beautiful. Veins of melancholy flow through the entire piece, as if lamenting something that has long past. Faint scents of joy occasionally appear, yet are immediately swallowed by swells of deep nostalgia and regret. It is not until the very final chord do we see some hope; a light at the end of the tunnel, at the end of it all. No note in the entire movement is difficult to play, yet a convincing performance requires more than accurate fingerwork, but rather a heart capable of resonance with the human condition.

I have not included any fingerings, tempo or expressive markings on the sheet music. Interpretation is left up to the players (or instructor), as Bach does in most of his works.

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