section_path: Compositions/Orchestral and chamber music/Brandenburg Concertos
section_name: Brandenburg Concertos
paragraph_text: Brandenburg Concertos
  
  Bach's best-known orchestral works are the Brandenburg Concertos, so named because he submitted them in the hope of gaining employment from Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt in 1721; his application was unsuccessful. These works are examples of the concerto grosso genre.