Violoncello in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach

This thesis is engaged in compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach written for violoncello and instruments related to violoncello. It is divided into four chapters. The third chapter includes three subchapters. The first chapter deals with Bach´s Köthen period, the following chapter contains a brief article abou violoncello play in Italy in 17th century and pieces for solo violoncello which are the predecessors of Bach´s Suites for solo violoncello. The third chapter is dedicaded to general characterization of Bach´s violoncello suites. The first subchapter introduces anallysis of first three suites , the second is an analysis of the fourth and the fifth suite and the third subchapter deals with the sixth suite and with a question for which instrument was written for. The last chapter deals with Bach´s sonatas for viola da gamba. The thesis contains actual score examples and the footnotes