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The Best Attractions In Bach

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The French Suites, BWV 812–817, are six suites which Johann Sebastian Bach wrote for the clavier between the years of 1722 and 1725. Although Suites 1 to 4 are typically dated to 1722, it is possible that the first was written somewhat earlier.The suites were later given the name 'French' . Likewise, the English Suites received a later appellation. The name was popularised by Bach's biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel, who wrote in his 1802 biography of Bach, One usually calls them French Suites because they are written in the French manner. This claim, however, is inaccurate: like Bach's other suites, they follow a largely Italian convention. There is...
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