Who's behind the notes? Discover Johann Sebastian Bach: Master of Baroque Music
Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023, is a distinctive work in his catalog. Unlike his other accompanied violin sonatas, which follow the four-movement church sonata pattern, BWV 1023 is in three movements. Its unique structure begins with a slow prelude that evokes the organ works of Biber and Bach himself, followed by an Adagio reminiscent of a cantata chorale, and concludes with a pair of dance movements—an Allemande and a Gigue—a feature it shares with Bach's unaccompanied partitas rather than his other sonatas.