Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach left Weimar in 1717. Many of Bach's orchestral harpsichord concertos are adapted from a model with one or more violin solo parts. Several of these earlier models are extant. The oldest of these is Vivaldi's concerto for four violins, RV 580, published in 1711, model for Bach's concerto for four harpsichords, BWV 1065. Bach replaced the part of his fourth "Brandenburg Concerto", BWV 1049, composed in 1721 or earlier, by a harpsichord part when he reworked it to the harpsichord concerto BWV 1057. Bach's extant violin concertos BWV 1041–1043, two for a single violin soloist and one for two violin
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg John Sigismund (; 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna, the eldest daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia who died without sons. Their marriage resulted in the creation of Brandenburg-Prussia. John Sigismund was born in Halle an der Saale to Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and his first wife Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin. He succeeded his father as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1608. In 1611, John Sigismund traveled from