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Theme in imitation of a hen and a cuckooKeyboard Sonata in D major · BWV 963 · V

Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Difficulty 5
  • D major
  • 3 min
  • 93 measures

The finale of Bach's Sonata in D major, BWV 963, headed 'Thema all'Imitatio Gallina Cucca', a theme in imitation of a hen and a cuckoo. In 6/8, a repeated-note motif begins in the right hand alone and is taken up in imitation; the left hand enters only in bar 14. This edition follows the copy in Johann Peter Kellner's manuscript collection.

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