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 Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), including the spurious and doubtful works in the appendix (Anh. – Anhang) of that catalogue. The complementary pages listing the other compositions by Bach according to their BWV number are:

Works for voice

Cantatas (1–224)

Motets (225–231)

Liturgical works in Latin (232–243a)

Passions and oratorios (244–249)

See also: Passions (Bach)

See also BWV 11 – Ascension Oratorio (Himmelfahrts-Oratorium)

Chorales (250–438)

Songs and arias (439–524)

Works for organ

See also "Neumeister Chorales" (BWV 1090–1120) and "Various works" (BWV Anh. 42–46) under More recent BWV additions.

Trio sonatas for organ (525–530)

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

Trios and miscellaneous pieces for organ (583–591)

Concerti for organ (592–598)

Transcription of Vivaldi Concerto Op. 3, No. 11, BWV 596 – 2. Largo
Performed by Ulrich Metzner

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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)

"Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" BWV 733
Chorale prelude (organ): Fugue on the traditional theme of the German Magnificat

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Partitas and chorale variations (765–771)

Works for keyboard (BWV 772–994)

Other solo instruments

Works for solo lute (995–1000)

BWV 997 – Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor – I Prelude
Performed by Martha Goldstein

BWV 997 – Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor – II Fuge
Performed by Martha Goldstein

BWV 997 – Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor – III Sarabande
Performed by Martha Goldstein

BWV 997 – Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor – IV Gigue – Double
Performed by Martha Goldstein

Lute Suite No. 2 Transcribed for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 997 – 1. Prelude
Performed by Alex Murray (flute) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

Lute Suite No. 2 Transcribed for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 997 – 2. Fuga
Performed by Alex Murray (flute) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

Lute Suite No. 2 Transcribed for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 997 – 3. Sarabande
Performed by Alex Murray (flute) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

Lute Suite No. 2 Transcribed for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 997 – 4. Gigue – Double
Performed by Alex Murray (flute) and Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)

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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)

Chamber music (multiple players)

Works for violin and keyboard instrument (1014–1026)

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

Sonata No. 1 in G major for viola da gamba and harpsichord (BWV 1027) – 1st movement

BWV 1027 – 2nd movement

BWV 1027 – 3rd movement

BWV 1027 – 4th movement

Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord (BWV 1029) – 1st movement

BWV 1029 – 2nd movement

BWV 1029 – 3rd movement
All performed by John Michel

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Sonatas for flute and keyboard instrument (1030–1035)

Trio sonatas (1036–1040)

Orchestral works

Violin concertos (1041–1045)

Brandenburg concertos (1046–1051)

Keyboard concertos (1052–1065)

Orchestral suites (1066–1071)

Contrapuntal works (1072–1080)

BWV 1076, Canon triplex à 6 as it appears on Haussmann's portrait of Bach, and the autograph of the composition

Canons (1072–1078)

Late contrapuntal works (1079–1080)

More recent BWV additions

Miscellaneous (BWV 1081–1089)

Neumeister Chorales (BWV 1090–1120)

31 chorale preludes for organ, discovered 1985 in the archives of the Yale University library.

Miscellaneous (BWV 1121–1126)

Strophic aria (BWV 1127)

Organ chorale fantasia (BWV 1128)

BWV Anh.

Anh. is an abbreviation of German: Anhang (appendix).

Lost and spurious cantatas, BWV Anh. 1 to 21

Miscellaneous works and fragments, BWV Anh. 22 to 31

From Deutsche Übersetzungen und Gedichte (Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau), BWV Anh. 32 to 39

From Singende Muse an der Pleiße (Sperontes), BWV Anh. 40 to 41

Miscellaneous works and arrangements, BWV Anh. 42 to 112

From Anna Magdalena's Notebooks, BWV Anh. 113 to 132

Pieces for musical clock, BWV Anh. 133 to 150

Pieces for musical clock possibly by W. F. Bach:

Doubtful works, BWV Anh. 151 to 153

Falsely attributed works, BWV Anh. 158 to 189

Further additions, BWV Anh. 190 and higher

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

References

Notes

  1. Boyd, Malcolm (1999). Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-19-866208-4.
  2. Morton, Wyant (1992). Questions of authenticity in three motets attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (Thesis) (PDF). University of Arizona. pp. 11–25.
  3. Boyd, Malcolm (1999). Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-19-866208-4.
  4. Williams 2003, 59.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Williams 2003, 141–42.
  6. Williams 2003, 145.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Williams 2003, 163.
  8. Williams 2003, 176.
  9. Williams 2003, 177.
  10. Williams 2003, 181–82.
  11. Williams 2003, 190.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Christoph Wolff, "Bach, John Sebastian: Works", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 29 December 2011 (subscription required)
  13. Williams 2003, 442.
  14. Williams 2003, 445–46.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Williams 2003, 446.
  16. Choralbearbeitung Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Fuge) BWV 733 at bach-digital.de
  17. Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 733: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  18. Ripin, Edwin M., and Wraight, Denzil. "Lute-harpsichord". In Macy, Laura. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 Basso 1979, p. 702.
  20. Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt by Johann Christoph Altnikol et al.: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  21. Williams 2003, 549.
  22. Perreault 2004, 56.
  23. Marx, Wolfgang (2000). Bach: Chorales, Motet BWV 118, Quodlibet, Notenbüchlein for A.M. Bach (Bach 2000, Vol. 87) (Media notes). Koopman, Gritton, et al. Teldec Classics. p. 8.
  24. "Bach: Choralfantasie BWV 1128/Org". Bach: Choralfantasie BWV 1128/Org. Echo Musikproduction. Retrieved 2009-01-26.

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