Tags: Classical Music Composition.
The Overture in the French style BWV 831 original title Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art also known as the French Overture and published as the second half of Clavier-Übung II in 1735 (paired with the Italian Concerto) is a suite in B minor for two-manual harpsichord written by Johann Sebastian Bach. An earlier version of this work exists in the key of C minor (BWV 831a); the work was transposed into B minor to complete the cycle of tonalities in Parts One and Two of the Clavier-Übung.