Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: 2. Air

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: 2. Air. The oldest source is a partially autographed set of parts from around 1730. Bach wrote out the first violin and continuo parts, C. P. E. Bach wrote out the trumpet, oboe, and timpani parts, and J. S. Bach's student Johann Ludwig Krebs wrote out the second violin and viola parts.[Rifkin has argued that the original was a version for strings and continuo alone. Ouverture (In D major. Metrical sign is cut time for the opening section; metrical sign is {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {2}}}{\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {2}}} fugal section, in which the autograph first violin part is marked "vite" (fast); metrical sign common time for final section) Air (In D major. Metrical sign is common time) Gavotte I/II (In D major. Metrical sign is cut time) Bourrée (In D major. Metrical sign is cut time) Gigue (In D major. Metrical sign is 6/8) Instrumentation: Trumpet I/II/III, timpani, oboe I/II, violin I/II, viola, basso continuo (second movement: only strings and continuo). An arrangement of the second movement of the suite by German violinist August Wilhelmj (1845–1908) became known as "Air on the G String".