Bach, Air ("on the G string", string orchestra)

J. S. Bach's Air on a G-string, from his 3rd orchestral suite in D major.
FAQ

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Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this piece?
A: The score in the video can be downloaded from here:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/air.pdf
And here's a piano arrangement of it
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/AirOnAShoe...
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/AirOnAShoe...

Click here to watch it in high-quality (recommended):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2j-fr...

Q: Who is performing?
A: I got this recording from Royalty Free Classical Music (dot org); they sell stock performances, and give stock answers to questions; the stock answer to "who is performing this" is "The RFCM Symphony Orchestra".

Q: What is the BWV number for this?
A: BWV 1068

Q: What does this have to do with a g-string?
A: The short answer is that many people know it by the name "Air on the G-string," so I put it in the title to help people find it. You can read more about this here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_t...

Q: What is the real name of this piece?
A: It is the second movement of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, titled "Aria" (Italian for "Air").

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[Jessie Wang]

beautiful music, also beautiful story behind the music

[smalin]

Story behind the music? What's the story?

[narminrose]

The song became known as Air on the G string when a violinist August Wilhelmj arrange the piece for violin and piano. He was able to play it on his violin using only one string, the G string. His violin got broken on the very day of his concert and he was planning to play this suite. Almost all the strings are cut off and the only string that remained is the G string. After all the chaos he decided not to quit but instead he played the piece on G string and it impressed the crowd tremendously.

[smalin]

You're making that up (or, the person who told the story to you was).

[MissingNin100]

in Bioshock Infinite? which scene?

[Michie Wattypad]

Thank you. Now I'm sure that this is the one that I'm looking for! :>

[Martin Vollai]

Bach the best classic composer.

[F124NC15]

So.... any word on that story?

[newfbs]

Yeah, what's the story?

[evan Barthold]

this son was on my Grandmothers funeral four and a half years ago. sometimes emotionally difficult to listen to

[Jabelord05]

That song was on my Grandfather funreal :(