Air

by J. S. Bach (1685–1750)


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Instrument(s): Orchestra Style: Baroque
Opus: BWV 1068, Mvmt. 2 Date of composition: Not known
Source: Bach-Gesellschaft Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0    CC: Some rights reserved
Last updated: 2008/Oct/28. View change history Music ID Number: Mutopia-2008/10/28-242
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LilyPond files (zipped) MIDI files (zipped)
A4 PDF files (zipped) Letter PDF files (zipped)

The downloads include both the score and the individual instrument files.

Hans Hokke has made several improved MIDI (audio) files for this piece:

(Of course, Bach played the organ himself, so he may have heard the Air played in a similar setting to the third version.)



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