Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031

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1. Allegro Moderato

Performed by Alex Murray (traverso) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

2. Siciliano

Performed by Alex Murray (traverso) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

3. Allegro

Performed by Alex Murray (traverso) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

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The Sonata in E♭ major for flute and harpsichord, probably by J. S. Bach (BWV 1031), is a sonata in 3 movements:

Allegro moderato (in E♭ major)
Siciliano (in G minor) – unusually, this movement is in the mediant minor key (the relative minor of the dominant key)
Allegro (in E♭ major)

The Bach scholar Robert Marshall has argued that the sonata was composed by J. S. Bach, since it was attributed to him by two independent sources, Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in the manuscript copy of the work in his handwriting, and Christian Friedrich Penzel, Bach's last pupil. The musicologist Jeanne Swack has suggested alternatively that BWV 1031 was "modelled" on a previous work for flute in E-flat by Johann Joachim Quantz (QV2:18 in the Augsbach catalog), which survives in a version for flute and obbligato harpsichord and in another version for flute, violin, and continuo. The similarities she cites are based primarily on structural and compositional considerations, as the musical themes are clearly different. However, Swack suggests either that Quantz composed both QV2:18 and BWV 1031, or that Bach (or another composer) used the Quantz original as a model for composing BWV 1031, which, she notes, is "much more complex and extensive.".

References

Marshall, Robert L. "The compositions for solo flute: a reconsideration of their authenticity and chronology'." The music of Johann Sebastian Bach: the sources, the style, the significance (New York, 1989) (1989): 224-5.
Swack, Jeann "Quantz and the Sonata in E, major for flute and cembalo, BWV1031," Early Music (1995) XXIII (1): 31-53.

External links

Flute Sonata in E-flat, H.545 as attributed to C.P.E. Bach: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Sonata for flute & keyboard in E♭ major, BWV 1031: Allmusic description

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Ensemble	Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029 Flute Sonatas in B minor, BWV 1030 in E♭ major, BWV 1031 (doubtful) in A major, BWV 1032 in C major, BWV 1033 (doubtful) in E minor, BWV 1034 in E major, BWV 1035 Trio Sonatas Sonata for two flutes and continuo, BWV 1039 Canonic Sonata for oboe, violin and continuo, BWV 1040
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