This is a list of compositions by Johann Jakob Froberger

Johann Jakob Froberger

Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. He was among the most famous composers of the era and influenced practically every major composer in Europe by developing the genre of keyboard suite and contributing greatly to the exchange of musical...

, arranged using FbWV numbers from the catalogue compiled by Siegbert Rampe. The catalogue is organized thematically and in a way that makes adding newly found pieces easier than in most other catalogues: numbers 100-199 are reserved for toccata

Toccata

Toccata is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers...

s, numbers 201-206 for fantasias

Fantasia (music)

The fantasia is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it seldom approximates the textbook rules of any strict musical form ....

, etc.

The DTÖ numbers are provided where applicable, although they can be easily obtained from the FbWV number, because Rampe's catalogue conveniently follows the same numbering system, so DTÖ Canzona No. 4 is FbWV 304, DTÖ Suite No. 7 is FbWV 607, etc. The DTÖ numbers (also known as Adler numbers, after Guido Adler

Guido Adler

Guido Adler was a Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer.His father Joachim, a physician, died of typhoid fever in 1857...

's edition) originated in the early 20th century Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich series, volumes 8, 13 and 21 (in 1978 a new edition of Froberger's works was compiled by Howard Schott, but that quickly became obsolete after the discovery of several important sources).

New manuscripts with Froberger's music are found more or less frequently , 5 suites (one of which is new) and three "laments" (two of which are unknown). The authorship of these pieces is currently disputed, and they are not yet included in catalogues), and this list may not include some of the newly found pieces.

Libro secundo, 1649 (101–106)

• FbWV 101 — Toccata
  Toccata
  Toccata is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers...
  
   in A minor (DTÖ Toccata No. 1)
• FbWV 102 — Toccata in D minor (DTÖ Toccata No. 2)
• FbWV 103 — Toccata in G major (DTÖ Toccata No. 3)
• FbWV 104 — Toccata in C major (DTÖ Toccata No. 4)
• FbWV 105 — Toccata da sonarsi alla Leuatione in D minor (elevation toccata) (DTÖ Toccata No. 5)
• FbWV 106 — Toccata da sonarsi alla Leuatione in G minor (elevation toccata) (DTÖ Toccata No. 6)

Libro quarto, 1656 (107–112)

• FbWV 107 — Toccata in G major (DTÖ Toccata No. 7)
• FbWV 108 — Toccata in E minor (DTÖ Toccata No. 8)
• FbWV 109 — Toccata in C major (DTÖ Toccata No. 9)
• FbWV 110 — Toccata in F major (DTÖ Toccata No. 10)
• FbWV 111 — Toccata in E minor (elevation toccata, although not labelled as such) (DTÖ Toccata No. 11)
• FbWV 112 — Toccata in A minor (DTÖ Toccata No. 12)

Fantasias (201–206)

• FbWV 201 — Fantasia
  Fantasia (music)
  The fantasia is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it seldom approximates the textbook rules of any strict musical form ....
  
   Sopra Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La in C major (DTÖ Fantasia No. 1)
• FbWV 202 — Fantasia in A minor (DTÖ Fantasia No. 2)
• FbWV 203 — Fantasia in F major (DTÖ Fantasia No. 3)
• FbWV 204 — Fantasia Sopra Sol, La, Re in G major (DTÖ Fantasia No. 4)
• FbWV 205 — Fantasia in A minor (DTÖ Fantasia No. 5)
• FbWV 206 — Fantasia in A minor (DTÖ Fantasia No. 6)

Canzonas (301–306)

• FbWV 301 — Canzona
  Canzona
  In the 16th century an instrumental chanson; later, a piece for ensemble in several sections or tempos...
  
   in D minor (DTÖ Canzona No. 1)
• FbWV 302 — Canzona in G minor (DTÖ Canzona No. 2)
• FbWV 303 — Canzona in F major (DTÖ Canzona No. 3)
• FbWV 304 — Canzona in G major (DTÖ Canzona No. 4)
• FbWV 305 — Canzona in C major (DTÖ Canzona No. 5)
• FbWV 306 — Canzona in A minor (DTÖ Canzona No. 6)

Libro di capricci e ricercate, c. 1658 (401–406)

• FbWV 401 — Ricercar
  Ricercar
  A ricercar is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. The term means to search out, and many ricercars serve a preludial function to "search out" the key or mode of a following piece...
  
   in F major (DTÖ Ricercar No. 1)
• FbWV 402 — Ricercar in G major (DTÖ Ricercar No. 2)
• FbWV 403 — Ricercar in F major (DTÖ Ricercar No. 3)
• FbWV 404 — Ricercar in C major (DTÖ Ricercar No. 4)
• FbWV 405 — Ricercar in G minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 5)
• FbWV 406 — Ricercar in C-sharp minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 6)

Libro quarto, 1656 (407–412)

• FbWV 407 — Ricercar in D minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 7)
• FbWV 407a — Fugue
  Fugue
  In music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
  
   in D minor
• FbWV 408 — Ricercar in G minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 8)
• FbWV 409 — Ricercar in E minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 9)
• FbWV 410 — Ricercar in G major (DTÖ Ricercar No. 10)
• FbWV 411 — Ricercar in D minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 11)
• FbWV 412 — Ricercar in F-sharp minor (DTÖ Ricercar No. 12)

Libro di capricci e ricercate, c. 1658 (501–506)

• FbWV 501 — Capriccio
  Capriccio (music)
  A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
  
   in G major (DTÖ Capriccio No. 1)
• FbWV 502 — Capriccio in A minor (DTÖ Capriccio No. 2)
• FbWV 503 — Capriccio in D minor (DTÖ Capriccio No. 3)
• FbWV 504 — Capriccio in F major (DTÖ Capriccio No. 4)
• FbWV 505 — Capriccio in G minor (DTÖ Capriccio No. 5)
• FbWV 506 — Capriccio in C major (DTÖ Capriccio No. 6)

Libro quarto, 1656 (507–508, 514–517)

• FbWV 507 — Capriccio in G major (DTÖ Capriccio No. 7)
• FbWV 508 — Capriccio in G minor (DTÖ Capriccio No. 8)
• FbWV 514 — Capriccio in E minor (DTÖ Capriccio No. 14)
• FbWV 515 — Capriccio in F major (DTÖ Capriccio No. 15)
• FbWV 516 — Capriccio in F major (DTÖ Capriccio No. 16)
• FbWV 517 — Capriccio in A minor (DTÖ Capriccio No. 17)

Suites and suite movements (601–651)

• FbWV 601 — Partita
  Partita
  Partita was originally the name for a single instrumental piece of music , but Johann Kuhnau and later German composers used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for suite.Johann Sebastian Bach wrote two sets of Partitas for different instruments...
  
   in A minor (from Libro secundo, 1649) (DTÖ Suite No. 1)
• FbWV 601a — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 602 — Partita in D minor (from Libro secundo, 1649) (DTÖ Suite No. 2)
• FbWV 602a — Partita in D minor
• FbWV 602b — Partita in D minor
• FbWV 602c — Partita in D minor
• FbWV 603 — Partita in G major (from Libro secundo, 1649) (DTÖ Suite No. 3)
• FbWV 603a — Partita in G major
• FbWV 604 — Partita in F major (from Libro secundo, 1649) (DTÖ Suite No. 4)
• FbWV 604a — Partita in F major
• FbWV 605 — Partita in C major (from Libro secundo, 1649) (DTÖ Suite No. 5)
• FbWV 605a — Partita in C major
• FbWV 605b — Partita (Fragment) in C major (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 606 — Partita auff die Mayerin in G major (from Libro secundo, 1649) (DTÖ Suite No. 6)
• FbWV 606a — Partita in G major
• FbWV 607 — Partita in E minor (from Libro quarto, 1656) (DTÖ Suite No. 7)
• FbWV 607a — Gigue
  Gigue
  The gigue or giga is a lively baroque dance originating from the British jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite...
  
   (in E minor?)
• FbWV 607b — Gigue in E minor
• FbWV 607c — Gigue in E minor
• FbWV 608 — Partita in A major (from Libro quarto, 1656) (DTÖ Suite No. 8)
• FbWV 609 — Partita in G minor (from Libro quarto, 1656) (DTÖ Suite No. 9)
• FbWV 610 — Partita in A minor (from Libro quarto, 1656) (DTÖ Suite No. 10)
• FbWV 611 — Partita in D major (from Libro quarto, 1656) (DTÖ Suite No. 11)
• FbWV 611a — Partita in D major
• FbWV 611b — Partita in D major
• FbWV 611c — Gigue in D major
• FbWV 612 — Partita in C major (from Libro quarto, 1656) (DTÖ Suite No. 12) (includes Lamento sopra la dolorosa perdita della Real Maestà di Ferdinando IV Rè de Romani)
• FbWV 612a — Partita in C major
• FbWV 613 — Partita in D minor
• FbWV 613a — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 613b/1 — Gigue in D minor
• FbWV 613b/2 — Gigue in D minor
• FbWV 613b/3 — Gigue in D minor
• FbWV 614 — Partita in G minor (includes Lamentation sur ce que j'ay été volé)
• FbWV 615 — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 615a — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 616 — Partita in G major
• FbWV 617 — Partita in F major
• FbWV 618 — Partita in F minor
• FbWV 618a — Partita in D minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 619 — Partita in C minor
• FbWV 620 — Partita in D major (titled Méditation sur ma mort future)
• FbWV 621 — Partita in F major
• FbWV 622 — Partita in E minor
• FbWV 623 — Partita in E minor
• FbWV 623a — Partita in E minor
• FbWV 623b — Sarabande
  Sarabande
  In music, the sarabande is a dance in triple metre. The second and third beats of each measure are often tied, giving the dance a distinctive rhythm of quarter notes and eighth notes in alternation...
  
   in E minor
• FbWV 623c — Chique in E minor
• FbWV 624 — Partita in D major
• FbWV 624a — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 625 — Partita in D minor
• FbWV 625a — Courante
  Courante
  The courante, corrente, coranto and corant are some of the names given to a family of triple metre dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era....
  
   in D minor
• FbWV 626 — Partita in B-flat/B minor
• FbWV 627 — Partita in E minor
• FbWV 628 — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 628a — Partita in A minor
• FbWV 629 — Partita in A minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 630 — Partita in A minor (includes Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la melancholie)
• FbWV 631 — Partita in E-flat major (includes Allemande, faite en passant le Rhin dans une barque en grand péril)
• FbWV 632 — Tombeau in C minor (Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher)
• FbWV 633 — Lamentation in F major (Lamentation faite sur la mort très douloureuse de Sa Majesté Impériale, Ferdinand le troisième, An. 1657)
• FbWV 634a — Allemande (Fragment) in D minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 635 — Allemande in D minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 636 — Aria in D minor
• FbWV 637 — Partita (Fragment) in G major
• FbWV 638 — Partita in A major (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 638a — Partita in A major (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 639 — Partita in D minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 640 — Sarabande in C minor
• FbWV 641 — Partita in G minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 642 — Partita in E minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 643 — Partita in E minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 644 — Partita in C minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 645 — Partita in E major (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 646 — Partita in F-sharp minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 647 — Courante in D minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 648 — Partita Dolorosa in E minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 649 — Partita in G minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 650 — Allemande in G minor (authorship questionable)
• FbWV 651 — Partita in E minor (authorship questionable)

Motets

• FbWV 701 — Motet
  Motet
  In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
  
  'Alleluia! Absorpta est mors' (SST, 2 vn, bc.)
• FbWV 702 — Motet 'Apparuerunt apostolis' (SST, 2 vn, bc.)

Appendix

• FbWV Anh. IV/01 — Gique in G major
• FbWV Anh. IV/02 — Partita in B/B-flat major
• FbWV Anh. IV/03 — Gigue in A major
• FbWV Anh. IV/04 — Sarabande in G minor
• FbWV Anh. IV/05 — Partita (Fragment) in G minor
• FbWV Anh. IV/06 — Allemande in D minor
• FbWV Anh. IV/07 — Courante (Fragment) in G minor
• FbWV Anh. IV/08 — Partita in F major
• FbWV Anh. IV/09 — Allemande in A major
• FbWV Anh. IV/10 — Sarabande in F major