Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 as concerto grosso: the first, third and sixth of these concertos have however no concertino versus orchestra distinction. The concerto grosso was a Roman invention, typically featuring two violins and a cello as concertino, with a string orchestra of multiple string instruments per part. Venetian composers seemed slow in adopting the genre, and as Bach and his German contemporaries rather turned to Venetian music they may have been hardly aware of it. The fifth "Brandenburg Concerto" seems intended to be performed with one instrument per part, as to not overpower the harpsichord with its relatively restrained volume, and was not
Dan Brandenburg Dan Brandenburg Daniel R. Brandenburg (born February 16, 1973) is an American former football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played college football for Indiana State University. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 1996 NFL Draft. In four seasons with the Sycamores, Brandenburg had 215 tackles (116 solo and 99 assist) while recording a school record 32 sacks (since broken). He also set the school record for sacks in a season with 13 during his sophomore campaign. He was a two-time All-American, and three-time