List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

There are over 1000 known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. Listed here are about half of these in the order of the BWV catalog, including the spurious works in the BWV Anhang ("Appendix"). The complementary pages listing the other known compositions by Bach according to the BWV system are:

Contents

Works for voice

Cantatas (1–224)

Motets (225–231)

Liturgical works in Latin (232–243a)

Passions and oratorios (244–249)

Secular cantatas (249a–249b)

Chorales (250–438)

Songs and arias (439–518)

Songs (519–523)

Quodlibet (524)

Works for organ

See also Neumeister Chorales and Various under more recent BWV additions

Trio sonatas for organ (525–530)

BWV Title
BWV 525 Trio sonata in E-flat major
BWV 526 Trio sonata in C minor
BWV 527 Trio sonata in D minor
BWV 528 Trio sonata in E minor
BWV 528a Andante in D minor (alternative version of movement 2 from BWV 528)
BWV 529 Trio sonata in C major
BWV 530 Trio sonata in G major

Preludes and Fugues, Toccatas and Fugues, Fantasias and Fugues, and Passacaglia and Fugue for organ (531–582)

BWV Title Notes
BWV 531 Prelude and Fugue in C major
BWV 532 Prelude and Fugue in D major
BWV 532a Fugue in D major (alternative version of the fugue of BWV 532)
BWV 533 Prelude and Fugue in E minor
BWV 534 Prelude and Fugue in F minor
BWV 535 Prelude and Fugue in G minor
BWV 535a Prelude and Fugue in G minor (alternative version of BWV 535)
BWV 536 Prelude and Fugue in A major
BWV 536a Prelude and Fugue in A major (alternative version of BWV 536, possibly based on the original manuscript[1])
BWV 537 Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
BWV 538 Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian")
BWV 539 Prelude and Fugue in D minor
BWV 539a Fugue in D minor (see BWV 1000 for the lute arrangement, movement 2 of BWV 1001 for the violin arrangement)
BWV 540 Toccata and Fugue in F major
BWV 541 Prelude and Fugue in G major
BWV 542 Fantasia and Fugue "Great" in G minor
BWV 542a Fugue in G minor (alternative version of the fugue from BWV 542)
BWV 543 Prelude and Fugue in A minor
BWV 544 Prelude and Fugue in B minor
BWV 545 Prelude and Fugue in C major
BWV 545a Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 545)
BWV 545b Prelude, Trio and Fugue in B-flat major (alternative version of BWV 545; the Trio is an arrangement of the finale of BWV 1029; some parts possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
BWV 546 Prelude and Fugue in C minor
BWV 547 Prelude and Fugue in C major
BWV 548 Prelude and Fugue in E minor "Wedge"
BWV 549 Prelude and Fugue in C minor
BWV 550 Prelude and Fugue in G major
BWV 551 Prelude and Fugue in A minor
BWV 552 Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major "St. Anne" (published in Clavier-Übung III)
BWV 553 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in C major [2]
BWV 554 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in D minor [2]
BWV 555 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in E minor [2]
BWV 556 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in F major [2]
BWV 557 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in G major [2]
BWV 558 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in G minor [2]
BWV 559 Eight Short Preludes and Fugues: Prelude and Fugue in A minor [2]
BWV 560 Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
BWV 561 Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Christian Kittel[3])
BWV 562 Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (fugue unfinished)
BWV 563 Fantasia in B minor (Fantasia and Imitatio) (spurious)
BWV 564 Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major
BWV 565 Toccata and Fugue in D minor (disputed)
BWV 566 Toccata and Fugue in E major
BWV 566a Toccata in E major (earlier version of BWV 566)
BWV 567 Prelude in C major (doubtful, possibly by Johann Ludwig Krebs[4])
BWV 568 Prelude in G major (doubtful[4])
BWV 569 Prelude in A minor
BWV 570 Fantasia in C major
BWV 571 Fantasia (Concerto) in G major (spurious)
BWV 572 Fantasia in G major (Pièce d'Orgue)
BWV 573 Fantasia in C major (incomplete, from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
BWV 574 Fugue in C minor (on a theme of Legrenzi)
BWV 574a Fugue in C minor (alternative version of BWV 574)
BWV 574b Fugue in C minor (alternative version of BWV 574)
BWV 575 Fugue in C minor
BWV 576 Fugue in G major (doubtful[5])
BWV 577 Fugue in G major à la Gigue (doubtful[6])
BWV 578 Fugue in G minor "Little"
BWV 579 Fugue in B minor (on a theme by Corelli, from Op. 3, No. 4)
BWV 580 Fugue in D major (doubtful[7])
BWV 581 Fugue in G major (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius)
BWV 582 Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor

Trios and miscellaneous pieces for organ (583–591)

Concerti for organ (592–598)

Chorale Preludes I: Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) (599–644)

Chorale Preludes II: Schübler Chorales (645–650)

Chorale Preludes III: "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes ("The Great Eighteen" chorales) (651–668)

Chorale Preludes IV: "German Organ Mass", part of Clavier-Übung III (669–689)

Chorale Preludes V: Kirnberger chorale preludes (690–713)

Miscellaneous chorale preludes (714–764)

Partitas and chorale variations (765–771)

Works for harpsichord

Inventions and Sinfonias (772–801)

Four Duets from Clavier-Übung III (802–805)

English Suites (806–811)

French Suites (812–817)

Miscellaneous suites (818–824)

Partitas for keyboard (published as Clavier-Übung I) (825–830)

French Overture, from Clavier-Übung II (831)

Suites and suite movements (832–845)

The Well-Tempered Clavier (846–893)

Preludes and fugues, toccatas and fantasias (894–923)

Little Preludes from Clavier-Büchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (924–932)

Six Little Preludes (933–938)

Five Preludes from the collection of Johann Peter Kellner (939–943)

Prelude in C major, BWV 939,
performed on a harpsichord,
by Gérard Janot

Fugues and fughettas (944–962)

Sonatas and sonata movements (963–970)

Italian Concerto, from Clavier-Übung II (971)

Keyboard arrangements of concerti by other composers (972–987)

Variations and miscellaneous pieces for keyboard (988–994)

Works for miscellaneous solo instruments

Works for solo lute (995–1000)

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Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (1001–1006)

Suite for solo lute (1006a)

Suites for solo cello (1007–1012)

Partita for solo flute (1013)

Works for (obbligato) harpsichord and other instrument

Works for violin and keyboard instrument (1014–1026)

Sonatas for viola da gamba and keyboard instrument (1027–1029)

Sonatas for flute and keyboard instrument (1030–1035)

Trio sonatas (1036–1040)

Concertos and orchestral suites

Violin concertos (1041–1045)

Brandenburg concertos (1046–1051)

Harpsichord concertos (1052–1065)

Orchestral suites (1066–1071)

Canons (1072–1078)

Late contrapuntal works (1079–1080)

More recent BWV additions

Miscellaneous (BWV 1081–1089)

Neumeister Chorales (BWV 1090–1120)

Discovered 1985 in the archives of the Yale University library.

Various organ works (BWV 1121–1126)

Strophic aria (BWV 1127)

Organ chorale fantasia (BWV 1128)

BWV Anh. 42 to BWV Anh. 189 (appendix)

Various works

Anna Magdalena's Notebooks

see Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.

More spurious works

BWV Anh. 133-150 – pieces for musical clock possibly by W. F. Bach

Falsely attributed works

Reconstructed concerti

Each reconstructed concerto is created after the harpsichord concerto for the presumed original instrument. Such reconstructions are commonly referred to as, for example, BWV 1052R (where the R stands for 'reconstructed').

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Williams 2003, 59.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs or Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Williams 2003, 141–42.
  3. ^ Williams 2003, 145.
  4. ^ a b Williams 2003, 163.
  5. ^ Williams 2003, 176.
  6. ^ Williams 2003, 177.
  7. ^ Williams 2003, 181–82.
  8. ^ Williams 2003, 190.
  9. ^ a b c Christoph Wolff, "Bach, John Sebastian: Works", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online], accessed 29 December 2011 (subscription required.
  10. ^ Williams 2003, 442.
  11. ^ Williams 2003, 445–46.
  12. ^ a b Williams 2003, 446.
  13. ^ Ripin, Edwin M., and Wraight, Denzil. "Lute-harpsichord", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 11 December 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
  14. ^ Williams 2003, 549.
  15. ^ Perreault 2004, 56.
  16. ^ "Bach: Choralfantasie BWV 1128/Org". Bach: Choralfantasie BWV 1128/Org. Echo Musikproduction. http://www.echomusik.com/detalj_helsida.php?artikel_id=5744. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 

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