The Brandenburgs: Upper Valley Baroque tours J.S. Bach’s most popular music | Vermont Arts

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The Brandenburgs: Upper Valley Baroque tours J.S. Bach’s most popular music | Vermont Arts

It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music.

The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721, in hopes of a court position — that Bach never received.

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