Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach)

3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006.1 (formerly 1006),[1] is the last work in Johann Sebastian Bach's set of Sonatas and Partitas.

[2] The music critic Wilhelm Tappert claimed in 1900 that this arrangement was for lute solo, but present research[by whom?]

The Preludio was also transcribed by Bach for use in two cantatas: The "Gavotte en Rondeau" is included on the Voyager Golden Record and often heard in TV or radio programs.

[4] In 1933 Sergei Rachmaninoff transcribed for piano (and subsequently recorded) the Preludio, Gavotte, and Giga from this partita (as TN iii/1).

[5][6] An arrangement of the Preludio for jazz trio by Jacques Loussier appeared on his Reflections of Bach album of 1987[7] and was used as the theme of the BBC Radio 4 music quiz show Counterpoint.