There are over 1000 known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

. Listed here are about half of these in the order of the BWV

BWV

The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis is the numbering system identifying compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. The prefix BWV, followed by the work's number, is the shorthand identification for Bach's compositions...

 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:

• The cantata
  Cantata
  A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
  
  s BWV 1–224: see: List of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach
• The chorale
  Chorale
  A chorale was originally a hymn sung by a Christian congregation. In certain modern usage, this term may also include classical settings of such hymns and works of a similar character....
  
  s BWV 250–438: see: List of chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach
• The song
  Song
  In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
  
  s and aria
  Aria
  An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
  
  s BWV 439–518: see List of songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantatas

Bach cantata

Bach cantata became a term for a cantata of the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was a prolific writer of the genre. Although many of his works are lost, around 200 cantatas survived....

 (1–224)

• See List of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach

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...

s (225–231)

• BWV 225 — Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
  Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
  Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first performed in Leipzig around 1727, using psalm 149:1–3 for its first movement, a 1548 Johann Gramann hymn for the second movement and psalm 150:2 and 6 for its third movement.-External links:** at Emmanuel Music...
  
  
• BWV 226 — Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf
  Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf
  Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach. It draws its text from the book of Romans 8:26–27 and a hymn by Martin Luther...
  
  
• BWV 227 — Jesu, meine Freude
• BWV 228 — Fürchte dich nicht
  Fürchte dich nicht
  Fürchte dich nicht is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed in Leipzig in 1726 and given its first performance before 1731–1732. It draws its text from the Book of Isaiah 41:10 and 43:1 and a hymn by Paul Gerhardt....
  
  
• BWV 229 — Komm, Jesu, komm!
  Komm, Jesu, komm!
  Komm, Jesu, komm! is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach, with a text by Paul Thymich. It was composed in Leipzig before 1735, possibly between 1723 and 1734, and had already received its first performance by 1731–1732....
  
  
• BWV 230 — Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden
  Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden
  Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach. It draws its text from Psalm 117 verses 1–2.-External links:** at Emmanuel Music...
  
   (Psalm 117)
• BWV 231 — Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (spurious; actually part of an incomplete cantata or motet by Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
  
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Liturgical works in Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 (232–243a)

• BWV 232 — Mass in B minor
• BWV 233 — Missa in F major
  Missa (Bach)
  A Missa of Johann Sebastian Bach is in general a composition of the Latin Mass by the German Baroque composer.More specifically, Missa refers to one of his four short masses in F major, A major, G minor and G major, BWV 233 to 236...
  
  
• BWV 233a — Kyrie in F major (alternative version of Kyrie from BWV 233)
• BWV 234 — Missa in A major
  Missa (Bach)
  A Missa of Johann Sebastian Bach is in general a composition of the Latin Mass by the German Baroque composer.More specifically, Missa refers to one of his four short masses in F major, A major, G minor and G major, BWV 233 to 236...
  
  
• BWV 235 — Missa in G minor
  Missa (Bach)
  A Missa of Johann Sebastian Bach is in general a composition of the Latin Mass by the German Baroque composer.More specifically, Missa refers to one of his four short masses in F major, A major, G minor and G major, BWV 233 to 236...
  
  
• BWV 236 — Missa in G major
  Missa (Bach)
  A Missa of Johann Sebastian Bach is in general a composition of the Latin Mass by the German Baroque composer.More specifically, Missa refers to one of his four short masses in F major, A major, G minor and G major, BWV 233 to 236...
  
  
• BWV 237 — Sanctus in C major
• BWV 238 — Sanctus in D major
• BWV 239 — Sanctus in D minor
• BWV 240 — Sanctus in G major
• BWV 241 — Sanctus in D major (arrangement of Sanctus from Johann Kaspar Kerll
  Johann Kaspar Kerll
  Johann Kaspar Kerll was a German baroque composer and organist.Son of an organist, he showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted...
  
  's Missa superba)
• BWV 242 — Christe Eleison in G minor (not by Bach?)
• BWV 243 — Magnificat in D major
  Magnificat (Bach)
  The Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, is a major vocal work of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed for orchestra, a five-part choir and four or five soloists. The text is the canticle of Mary, mother of Jesus, as told by Luke the Evangelist .Bach composed an initial version in E flat major in 1723...
  
  
• BWV 243a — Magnificat in E-flat major (earlier version of BWV 243)

Passions and oratorio

Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...

s (244–249)

• BWV 244 — St Matthew Passion (Matthäus-Passion)
• BWV 244a — Trauermusik Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a
  Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a
  The funeral cantata Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a, also called Köthener Trauermusik, is a lost composition of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Trauermusik was composed for the memorial service for Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen on 24 March 1729 in the St. Jakob church in Köthen, one day...
  
   (lost funeral cantata for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen)
• BWV 244b — Matthäus-Passion (earlier version)
• BWV 245 — St John Passion (Johannes-Passion)
• BWV 245a — Himmel reiße, Welt erbebe (aria from the 2nd version of the St John Passion)
• BWV 245b — Zerschmettert mich, ihr Felsen und ihr Hügel (aria from the 2nd version of the St John Passion)
• BWV 245c — Ach, windet euch nicht so, geplagte Seelen (aria from the 2nd version of the St John Passion)
• BWV 246 — St Luke Passion  (Lukas-Passion) (spurious, author unknown)
• BWV 247 — St Mark Passion
  St Mark Passion (Bach)
  The St Mark Passion , BWV 247, is a lost Passion setting by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday, 23 March 1731 and again on Good Friday 1744 in a revised version...
  
   (Markus-Passion) (libretto is extant, but much of the music lost, but has been reconstructed)
• BWV 248 — Christmas Oratorio
  Christmas Oratorio
  The Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 incorporating music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a...
  
   (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
• BWV 249 — Easter Oratorio
  Easter Oratorio
  The Easter Oratorio , BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Kommt, eilet und laufet , first performed in Leipzig in 1725.- History :...
  
   (Oster-Oratorium)
• BWV 11 — Ascension Oratorio (Himmelfahrts-Oratorium)

Secular cantata

Cantata

A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....

s (249a–249b)

• BWV 249a — Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a
  Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a
  Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen , BWV 249a, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in 1725, also known as Shepherd cantata...
  
  
• BWV 249b — Verjaget, zerstreuet, zerrüttet, ihr Sterne

Songs and aria

Aria

An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...

s (439–518)

• See List of songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach

Songs (519–523)

• BWV 519 — Hier lieg' ich nun
• BWV 520 — Das walt' mein Gott
• BWV 521 — Gott mein Herz dir Dank
• BWV 522 — Meine Seele, lass es gehen
• BWV 523 — Ich gnüge mich an meinem Stande

Works for organ

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

See also Neumeister Chorales and Various under more recent BWV additions

Trio sonata

Trio sonata

The trio sonata is a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries.A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name trio sonata...

s 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

Prelude

Prelude (music)

A prelude is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. The prelude can be thought of as a preface. It may stand on its own or introduce another work...

s and 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....

s, 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 and Fugues, 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 ....

s and Fugues, and Passacaglia

Passacaglia

The passacaglia is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. It is usually of a serious character and is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple metre....

 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 Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D major is a prelude and fugue written for the organ in c.1710, and lasts for an approximate duration of 11½ minutes.-Composition:...
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)
BWV 537	Fantasia and Fugue in C minor Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 The Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 is a piece for the organ written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed during the composer's period of residence in Weimar.-History of Composition:...
BWV 538	Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian") Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Like the better-known BWV 565, BWV 538 also bears the title Toccata and Fugue in D minor, although it is often referred to by the nickname Dorian - a reference to the fact that the piece is written with a key...
BWV 539	Prelude and Fugue in D minor
BWV 539a	Fugue in D minor	(see BWV 1000 for the lute Lute Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....  arrangement, movement 2 of BWV 1001 for the violin Violin The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....  arrangement)
BWV 540	Toccata and Fugue in F major Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 The Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 is an organ work written by Johann Sebastian Bach. The toccata is thought to be written after 1714, and the fugue before 1731...
BWV 541	Prelude and Fugue in G major
BWV 542	Fantasia and Fugue "Great" in G minor Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 The Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, is an organ prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. It acquired that name to distinguish it from the earlier Little Fugue in G minor, which is shorter...
BWV 542a	Fugue in G minor	(alternative version of the fugue from BWV 542)
BWV 543	Prelude and Fugue in A minor Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 "The Great" Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime around his years as court organist to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar . It is the final incarnation of Bach's harpsichord Fugue in A minor, BWV 944, written in 1708...
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 Johann Tobias Krebs Johann Tobias Krebs was a German organist and composer.Krebs was born near Weimar, and died in the same area. He is known as a student of Johann Gottfried Walther and Johann Sebastian Bach.... )
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" Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E flat major 'St. Anne', BWV 552 is a substantial piece for the organ that is a prime example of the composer's use of religious symbolism. The prelude and fugue form the opening and closing movements, respectively, of the Clavier-Übung III, which was...	(published in Clavier-Übung III Clavier-Übung III The Clavier-Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–6 and published in 1739. It is considered to be Bach's most significant and extensive work for organ, containing some of his musically most... )
BWV 553	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in C major
BWV 554	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in D minor
BWV 555	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in E minor
BWV 556	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in F major
BWV 557	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in G major
BWV 558	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in G minor
BWV 559	Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of works for keyboard and pedal, originally attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They were believed for a long time to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, Johann Tobias Krebs, based on certain unusual characteristics of the music when... : Prelude and Fugue in A minor
BWV 560	Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
BWV 561	Fantasia and Fugue in A minor	(spurious, possibly by Johann Christian Kittel Johann Christian Kittel Johann Christian Kittel was a German organist, composer, and teacher. He was one of the last students of Johann Sebastian Bach.-Biography:... )
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 Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major is an organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. Similar to most other organ works by Bach, the autograph score does not survive. The earliest manuscript copies were probably made in 1719–1727...
BWV 565	Toccata and Fugue in D minor Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and has been used in a variety of popular media ranging from film, video games, to rock music, and ringtones...	(disputed)
BWV 566	Toccata and Fugue in E major Prelude (Toccata) and fugue in E major, BWV 566 Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 566 is an organ work written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1708. It comprises four sections and is an earlywork of Bach's....
BWV 566a	Toccata in E major	(earlier version of BWV 566)
BWV 567	Prelude in C major	(doubtful, possibly by Johann Ludwig Krebs Johann Ludwig Krebs Johann Ludwig Krebs was a Rococo musician and composer primarily for the pipe organ.-Life:Krebs was born in 1713 in Buttelstedt, Germany to Johann Tobias Krebs, a well-known organist. J. Tobias had at least three sons who were considered musically talented, and J... )
BWV 568	Prelude in G major	(doubtful)
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 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena... )
BWV 574	Fugue in C minor	(on a theme of Legrenzi Giovanni Legrenzi Giovanni Legrenzi was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era... )
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)
BWV 577	Fugue in G major à la Gigue	(doubtful)
BWV 578	Fugue in G minor "Little" Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little", is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime around his years at Arnstadt ....
BWV 579	Fugue in B minor	(on a theme by Corelli Arcangelo Corelli Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.-Biography:Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life... , from Op. 3, No. 4)
BWV 580	Fugue in D major	(doubtful)
BWV 581	Fugue in G major	(not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius Gottfried August Homilius Gottfried August Homilius was a German composer, cantor, and organist. He was the main representative of the empfindsamer style.... )
BWV 582	Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor

Trios and miscellaneous pieces for organ (583–591)

• BWV 583 — Trio in D minor (spurious, possibly a transcription of a chamber trio by another composer)
• BWV 584 — Trio in G minor (spurious, a version of BWV 166/2 or another, lost, aria)
• BWV 585 — Trio in C minor (spurious, after Johann Friedrich Fasch
  Johann Friedrich Fasch
  Johann Friedrich Fasch was a German violinist and composer.Fasch was born in Buttelstedt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the famous St. Thomas School in Leipzig and later founded a Collegium Musicum in that city...
  
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• BWV 586 — Trio in G major (spurious, possibly after Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
  
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• BWV 587 — Aria in F major (spurious, after François Couperin
  François Couperin
  François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.-Life:Couperin was born in Paris...
  
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• BWV 588 — Canzona
  Canzona
  In the 16th century an instrumental chanson; later, a piece for ensemble in several sections or tempos...
  
   in D minor
• BWV 589 — Allabreve
  Alla breve
  In music, alla breve Italian: at the breve] refers to a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol , which is the equivalent of 2/2. Alla breve is a "simple-duple meter with a half-note pulse"...
  
   in D major
• BWV 590 — Pastorella in F major (first movement probably incomplete)
• BWV 591 — Little Harmonic Labyrinth (Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth) (spurious, possibly by Johann David Heinichen
  Johann David Heinichen
  Johann David Heinichen was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden...
  
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Concerti for organ (592–598)

• BWV 592 — Concerto in G major (after a concerto by Prince Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (composer)
  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar was a German prince, son by his second marriage of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar...
  
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• BWV 592a — Concerto in G major (an arrangement of BWV 592 for harpsichord
  Harpsichord
  A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
  
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• BWV 593 — Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
  
  's Concerto Op. 3/8 RV522 for violin)
• BWV 594 — Concerto in C major (after Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto Op. 7ii/5, RV208 'il grosso mogul' for violin)
• BWV 595 — Concerto in C major (after a concerto by Prince Johann Ernst)
• BWV 596 — Concerto in D minor (after Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto grosso, Op. 3/11 RV565)
• BWV 597 — Concerto in E-flat major (spurious, source unknown)
• BWV 598 — Pedalexercitium ("Pedal Exercise") in G minor (improvisations recorded by CPE Bach)

Chorale Prelude

Chorale prelude

In music, a chorale prelude is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale tune as its basis. It was a predominant style of the German Baroque era and reached its culmination in the works of J.S. Bach, who wrote 46 examples of the form in his Orgelbüchlein.-Function:The liturgical...

s I: Orgelbüchlein

Orgelbüchlein

The Orgelbüchlein was written by Johann Sebastian Bach during the period of 1708–1714, while he was court organist at the ducal court in Weimar...

 (Little Organ Book) (599–644)

• BWV 599 — Advent
  Advent
  Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi...
  
   — Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
• BWV 600 — Advent — Gott, durch deine Güte (oder: Gottes-Sohn ist kommen)
• BWV 601 — Advent — Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn (oder: Herr Gott, nun sei gepreiset)
• BWV 602 — Advent — Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott
• BWV 603 — Christmas
  Christmas
  Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
  
   — Puer natus in Bethlehem
• BWV 604 — Christmas — Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• BWV 605 — Christmas — Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
• BWV 606 — Christmas — Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 607 — Christmas — Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar
• BWV 608 — Christmas — In dulci jubilo
• BWV 609 — Christmas — Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich
• BWV 610 — Christmas — Jesu, meine Freude
• BWV 611 — Christmas — Christum wir sollen loben schon
• BWV 612 — Christmas — Wir Christenleut'
• BWV 613 — New Year
  New Year
  The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....
  
   — Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
• BWV 614 — New Year — Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
• BWV 615 — New Year — In dir ist Freude
• BWV 616 — Epiphany
  Epiphany (Christian)
  Epiphany, or Theophany, meaning "vision of God",...
  
   — Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin
• BWV 617 — Epiphany — Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf
• BWV 618 — Lent
  Lent
  In the Christian tradition, Lent is the period of the liturgical year from Ash Wednesday to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer – through prayer, repentance, almsgiving and self-denial – for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and...
  
   — O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
• BWV 619 — Lent — Christe, du Lamm Gottes
• BWV 620 — Lent — Christus, der uns selig macht
• BWV 620a — Lent — Christus, der uns selig macht (ältere Lesart)
• BWV 621 — Lent — Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund
• BWV 622 — Lent — O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß
• BWV 623 — Lent — Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ
• BWV 624 — Lent — Hilf Gott, daß mir's gelinge
• BWV 625 — Easter
  Easter
  Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
  
   — Christ lag in Todesbanden
• BWV 626 — Easter — Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
• BWV 627 — Easter — Christ ist erstanden
• BWV 628 — Easter — Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ
• BWV 629 — Easter — Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag
• BWV 630 — Easter — Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn
• BWV 631 — Pentecost
  Pentecost
  Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...
  
   — Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
• BWV 631a — Pentecost — Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (ältere Lesart)
• BWV 632 — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
• BWV 633 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 634 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (alternative version of BWV 633)
• BWV 635 — Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot'
• BWV 636 — Vater unser im Himmelreich
• BWV 637 — Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
• BWV 638 — Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
• BWV 639 — Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
• BWV 640 — In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr
• BWV 641 — Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein
• BWV 642 — Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
• BWV 643 — Alle Menschen müssen sterben
• BWV 644 — Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig

Chorale Preludes II: Schübler Chorales

Schübler Chorales

Schübler Chorales is a name usually given to the Sechs Chorale von verschiedener Art for organ , a collection of six chorale preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach, issued around 1748. The title 'Schübler Chorales' derives from the engraver and publisher Johann Georg Schübler, who is named on the title...

 (645–650)

• BWV 645 — Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
• BWV 646 — Wo soll ich fliehen hin (oder: Auf meinen lieben Gott)
• BWV 647 — Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
• BWV 648 — Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
• BWV 649 — Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
• BWV 650 — Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter

Chorale Preludes III: "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes

Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes

The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade 1740-1750, from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist...

 ("The Great Eighteen" chorales) (651–668)

• BWV 651 — Fantasia super: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
• BWV 651a — Fantasia (Präludium) super: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 652 — Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
• BWV 652a — Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 653 — An Wasserflüssen Babylon
• BWV 653a — An Wasserflüssen Babylon alio modo a 4 (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 653b — An Wasserflüssen Babylon (Weimarer Urfassung)
• BWV 654 — Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
• BWV 654a — Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 655 — Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
• BWV 655a — Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 655b — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
• BWV 655c — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
• BWV 656 — O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
• BWV 656a — O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 657 — Nun danket alle Gott (Leuthen Chorale
  Leuthen chorale
  The Leuthen Chorale was a tune originally composed in the seventeenth century by Johannes Crüger, tutor to the von Blumenthal family and Director of Music at the Nikolaikirche in Berlin. It was used as the setting for Martin Rinckart's hymn Nun danket alle Gott . This hymn is the basis for two J.S...
  
  ) (ältere Weimarer und Leipziger Fassung)
• BWV 658 — Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
• BWV 658a — Fantasia super: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 659 — Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
• BWV 659a — Fantasia super: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 660 — Trio super: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
• BWV 660a — Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 660b — Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
• BWV 661 — Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
• BWV 661a — Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 662 — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
• BWV 662a — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 663 — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
• BWV 663a — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 664 — Trio super: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
• BWV 664a/b — Trio super: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (ältere Weimarer Fassung/Entwurf)
• BWV 665 — Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
• BWV 665a — Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (in organo pleno) (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 666 — Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (alio modo)
• BWV 666a — Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
• BWV 667 — Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
• BWV 667a/b — Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (ältere, Weimarer Fassungen)
• BWV 668 — Vor deinen Thron tret' ich (Fragment)
• BWV 668a — Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten (Diktatschrift: Fragment)

Chorale Preludes IV: "German Organ Mass", part of Clavier-Übung III

Clavier-Übung III

The Clavier-Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–6 and published in 1739. It is considered to be Bach's most significant and extensive work for organ, containing some of his musically most...

 (669–689)

• BWV 669 — Kyrie
  Kyrie
  Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek κύριε , vocative case of κύριος , meaning "Lord", is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, which is also called the Kýrie, eléison ....
  
   (large versions) — Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
• BWV 670 — Kyrie (large versions) — Christe, aller Welt Trost
• BWV 671 — Kyrie (large versions) — Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
• BWV 672 — Kyrie (small versions) — Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
• BWV 673 — Kyrie (small versions) — Christe, aller Welt Trost
• BWV 674 — Kyrie (small versions) — Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
• BWV 675 — Gloria
  Mass (music)
  The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...
  
   — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (small version)
• BWV 676 — Gloria — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (large version)
• BWV 677 — Gloria — Fughetta super: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (small version)
• BWV 678 — The Ten Commandments — Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot' (large version)
• BWV 679 — The Ten Commandments — Fughetta super: Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot' (small version)
• BWV 680 — Credo
  Mass (music)
  The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...
  
   — Wir glauben all' an einen Gott (large version)
• BWV 681 — Credo — Fughetta super: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott (small version)
• BWV 682 — The Lord's Prayer — Vater unser im Himmelreich (large version)
• BWV 683 — The Lord's Prayer — Vater unser im Himmelreich (small version)
• BWV 683a — The Lord's Prayer — Vater unser im Himmelreich (small version, variant of BWV 683)
• BWV 684 — The Baptism
  Baptism
  In Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...
  
   — Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (large version)
• BWV 685 — The Baptism — Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (small version) Alio modo
• BWV 686 — The Penitence — Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (large version)
• BWV 687 — The Penitence — Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (small version)
• BWV 688 — Communion
  Eucharist
  The Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
  
   — Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt (large version)
• BWV 689 — Communion — Fuga super: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (small version)

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

• BWV 690 — Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
• BWV 691 — Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
• BWV 691a — Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (spurious)
• BWV 692 — Ach, Gott und Herr (doubtful, possibly by Johann Gottfried Walther
  Johann Gottfried Walther
  Johann Gottfried Walther was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era.Walther was born at Erfurt...
  
  )
• BWV 692a — Ach, Gott und Herr (doubtful, possibly by Johann Gottfried Walther)
• BWV 693 — Ach, Gott und Herr (doubtful, possibly by Johann Gottfried Walther)
• BWV 694 — Wo soll ich fliehen hin
• BWV 695 — Christ lag in Todesbanden
• BWV 695a — Christ lag in Todesbanden
• BWV 696 — Fughetta: Christum wir sollen loben schon
• BWV 697 — Fughetta: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• BWV 698 — Fughetta: Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn
• BWV 699 — Fughetta: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
• BWV 700 — Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 701 — Fughetta: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 702 — [Fughetta:] Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost (doubtful, possibly by Johann Ludwig Krebs)
• BWV 703 — Fughetta: Gottes-Sohn ist kommen
• BWV 704 — Fughetta: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott
• BWV 705 — Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
• BWV 706 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 707 — Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt (doubtful)
• BWV 708 — Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt (doubtful)
• BWV 708a — Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt (doubtful)
• BWV 709 — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
• BWV 710 — Wir Christenleut'
• BWV 711 — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
• BWV 712 — In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr
• BWV 713 — Fantasia: Jesu, meine Freude
• BWV 713a — Fantasia sopra: Jesu, meine Freude

Miscellaneous chorale preludes (714–764)

• BWV 714 — Ach Gott und Herr
• BWV 715 — Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
• BWV 716 — Fuga super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
• BWV 717 — Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
• BWV 718 — Christ lag in Todes banden
• BWV 719 — Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
• BWV 720 — Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
• BWV 721 — Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
• BWV 722 — Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• BWV 723 — Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• BWV 724 — Gott, durch deine Güte (Gottes Sohn ist kommen)
• BWV 725 — Herr Gott, dich loben wir
• BWV 726 — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
• BWV 727 — Herzlich tut mich verlangen
• BWV 728 — Jesus, meine Zuversicht (from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena...
  
  )
• BWV 729 — In dulci jubilo
• BWV 730 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 731 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 732 — Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich
• BWV 733 — Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Magnificat)
• BWV 734 — Nun freut euch, lieben Christen/Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit
• BWV 735 — Valet will ich dir geben
• BWV 736 — Valet will ich dir geben
• BWV 737 — Vater unser im Himmelreich
• BWV 738 — Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 738a — Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 739 — Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
• BWV 740 — Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Vater (spurious)
• BWV 741 — Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein
• BWV 742 — Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder
• BWV 743 — Ach, was ist doch unser Leben
• BWV 744 — Auf meinen lieben Gott (not by Bach, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs
  Johann Tobias Krebs
  Johann Tobias Krebs was a German organist and composer.Krebs was born near Weimar, and died in the same area. He is known as a student of Johann Gottfried Walther and Johann Sebastian Bach....
  
  )
• BWV 745 — Aus der Tiefe rufe ich (not by Bach, composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  right|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
  
  )
• BWV 746 — Christ ist erstanden (not by Bach, composed by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
  Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
  Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer was a German Baroque composer...
  
  )
• BWV 747 — Christus, der uns selig macht
• BWV 748 — Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei (not by Bach, composed by Johann Gottfried Walther
  Johann Gottfried Walther
  Johann Gottfried Walther was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era.Walther was born at Erfurt...
  
  )
• BWV 748a — Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei
• BWV 749 — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
• BWV 750 — Herr Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht
• BWV 751 — In dulci jubilo (not by Bach, composed by Johann Michael Bach
  Johann Michael Bach
  Johann Michael Bach was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as father-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach...
  
  )
• BWV 752 — Jesu, der du meine Seele
• BWV 753 — Jesu, meine Freude
• BWV 754 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 755 — Nun freut euch, lieben Christen
• BWV 756 — Nun ruhen alle Wälder
• BWV 757 — O Herre Gott, dein göttlich's Wort
• BWV 758 — O Vater, allmächtiger Gott
• BWV 759 — Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius
  Gottfried August Homilius
  Gottfried August Homilius was a German composer, cantor, and organist. He was the main representative of the empfindsamer style....
  
  )
• BWV 760 — Vater unser im Himmelreich (not by Bach, composed by Georg Böhm
  Georg Böhm
  Georg Böhm was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach.-Life:Böhm was born in 1661 in Hohenkirchen, near Ohrdruf...
  
  )
• BWV 761 — Vater unser im Himmelreich (not by Bach, composed by Georg Böhm)
• BWV 762 — Vater unser im Himmelreich
• BWV 763 — Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
• BWV 764 — Wie schön leuchtet der Morgernstern

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...

s and chorale variations

Variation (music)

In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.-Variation form:...

 (765–771)

• BWV 765 — Chorale partita "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott" (spurious)
• BWV 766 — Chorale partita "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag"
• BWV 767 — Chorale partita "O Gott, du frommer Gott"
• BWV 768 — Chorale partita "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig"
• BWV 769 — Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"
  Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"
  The Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" , BWV 769, are a set of five variations in canon for organ with two manuals and pedals by Johann Sebastian Bach on the Christmas hymn by Martin Luther of the same name...
  
  
• BWV 770 — Chorale variations "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen" (spurious)
• BWV 771 — Chorale variations "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'" (not by Bach, possibly by Andreas Nicolaus Vetter)

Inventions and Sinfonias (772–801)

• BWV 772 — Invention No. 1 in C major
• BWV 772a — Invention No. 1 in C major (alternative version of BWV 772)
• BWV 773 — Invention No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 774 — Invention No. 3 in D major
• BWV 775 — Invention No. 4 in D minor
• BWV 776 — Invention No. 5 in E-flat major
• BWV 777 — Invention No. 6 in E major
• BWV 778 — Invention No. 7 in E minor
• BWV 779 — Invention No. 8 in F major
• BWV 780 — Invention No. 9 in F minor
• BWV 781 — Invention No. 10 in G major
• BWV 782 — Invention No. 11 in G minor
• BWV 783 — Invention No. 12 in A major
• BWV 784 — Invention No. 13 in A minor
• BWV 785 — Invention No. 14 in B-flat major
• BWV 786 — Invention No. 15 in B minor
• BWV 787 — Sinfonia
  Sinfonia
  Sinfonia is the Italian word for symphony. In English it most commonly refers to a 17th- or 18th-century orchestral piece used as an introduction, interlude, or postlude to an opera, oratorio, cantata, or suite...
  
   No. 1 in C major
• BWV 788 — Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 789 — Sinfonia No. 3 in D major
• BWV 790 — Sinfonia No. 4 in D minor
• BWV 791 — Sinfonia No. 5 in E-flat major
• BWV 792 — Sinfonia No. 6 in E major
• BWV 793 — Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor
• BWV 794 — Sinfonia No. 8 in F major
• BWV 795 — Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor
• BWV 796 — Sinfonia No. 10 in G major
• BWV 797 — Sinfonia No. 11 in G minor
• BWV 798 — Sinfonia No. 12 in A major
• BWV 799 — Sinfonia No. 13 in A minor
• BWV 800 — Sinfonia No. 14 in B-flat major
• BWV 801 — Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor

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

• BWV 802 — Duet in E minor
• BWV 803 — Duet in F major
• BWV 804 — Duet in G major
• BWV 805 — Duet in A minor

English Suites (806–811)

• BWV 806 — English Suite
  Suite
  In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...
  
   No. 1 in A major
• BWV 807 — English Suite No. 2 in A minor
• BWV 808 — English Suite No. 3 in G minor
• BWV 809 — English Suite No. 4 in F major
• BWV 810 — English Suite No. 5 in E minor
• BWV 811 — English Suite No. 6 in D minor

French Suites (812–817)

• BWV 812 — French Suite No. 1 in D minor
• BWV 813 — French Suite No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 813a — French Suite No. 2 in C minor (Modified Movement 5 - Menuet)
• BWV 814 — French Suite No. 3 in B minor
• BWV 815 — French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
• BWV 815a — French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major (several additional movements)
• BWV 816 — French Suite No. 5 in G major
• BWV 817 — French Suite No. 6 in E major

Miscellaneous suites (818–824)

• BWV 818 — Suite in A minor
• BWV 818a — Suite in A minor (alternative version of BWV 818)
• BWV 819 — Suite in E-flat major
• BWV 819a — Suite in E-flat major (alternative versions of movement 1 from BWV 819)
• BWV 820 — Overture (Suite) in F major
• BWV 821 — Suite in B flat major
• BWV 822 — Suite in G minor
• BWV 823 — Suite in F minor
• BWV 824 — Suite in A minor

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

• BWV 825 — 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...
  
   No. 1 in B-flat major
• BWV 826 — Partita No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 827 — Partita No. 3 in A minor
• BWV 828 — Partita No. 4 in D major
• BWV 829 — Partita No. 5 in G major
• BWV 830 — Partita No. 6 in E minor

French Overture, from Clavier-Übung II (831)

• BWV 831 — Overture in the French Style, in B minor

Suites and suite movements (832–845)

• BWV 832 — Partita in A major
• BWV 833 — Prelude and Partita in F major
• BWV 834 — Allemande
  Allemande
  An allemande is one of the most popular instrumental dance forms in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite...
  
   in C minor
• BWV 835 — Allemande in A minor
• BWV 836 — Allemande in G minor
• BWV 837 — Allemande in G minor
• BWV 838 — Allemande and 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 A major
• BWV 839 — 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 G minor
• BWV 840 — Courante in G major
• BWV 841 — Minuet in G major (from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena...
  
  )
• BWV 842 — Minuet in G minor
• BWV 843 — Minuet in G major
• BWV 844 — Scherzo
  Scherzo
  A scherzo is a piece of music, often a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony or a sonata. The scherzo's precise definition has varied over the years, but it often refers to a movement which replaces the minuet as the third movement in a four-movement work, such as a symphony, sonata, or...
  
   in D minor
• BWV 844a — Scherzo in D minor (alternative version of BWV 844)
• BWV 845 — 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 F minor

The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier , BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach...

 (846–893)

• BWV 846 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major
• BWV 846a — Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 846)
• BWV 847 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 848 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major
• BWV 849 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor
• BWV 850 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major
• BWV 851 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor
• BWV 852 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major
• BWV 853 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor (The fugue of this work is actually in D-sharp minor, the enharmonic
  Enharmonic
  In modern musical notation and tuning, an enharmonic equivalent is a note , interval , or key signature which is equivalent to some other note, interval, or key signature, but "spelled", or named, differently...
  
   key of E-flat minor)
• BWV 854 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major
• BWV 855 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor
• BWV 855a — Prelude and Fugue in E minor (alternative version of BWV 855)
• BWV 856 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major
• BWV 857 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor
• BWV 858 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major
• BWV 859 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor
• BWV 860 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major
• BWV 861 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor
• BWV 862 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major
• BWV 863 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor
• BWV 864 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major
• BWV 865 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor
• BWV 866 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major
• BWV 867 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor
• BWV 868 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major
• BWV 869 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor
• BWV 870 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major
• BWV 870a — Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 870)
• BWV 870b — Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 870)
• BWV 871 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 872 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major
• BWV 872a — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major (alternative version of BWV 872)
• BWV 873 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor
• BWV 874 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major
• BWV 875 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor
• BWV 875a — Prelude in D minor (alternative version of BWV 875)
• BWV 876 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major
• BWV 877 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor
• BWV 878 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major
• BWV 879 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor
• BWV 880 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major
• BWV 881 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor
• BWV 882 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major
• BWV 883 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor
• BWV 884 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major
• BWV 885 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor
• BWV 886 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major
• BWV 887 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor
• BWV 888 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major
• BWV 889 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor
• BWV 890 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major
• BWV 891 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor
• BWV 892 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major
• BWV 893 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor

Preludes

Prelude (music)

A prelude is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. The prelude can be thought of as a preface. It may stand on its own or introduce another work...

 and 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....

s, 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 and 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 ....

 (894–923)

• BWV 894 — Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 895 — Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 896 — Prelude and Fugue in A major
• BWV 897 — Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 898 — Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major on the name B-A-C-H (doubtful)
• BWV 899 — Prelude and Fughetta in D minor
• BWV 900 — Prelude and Fughetta in E minor
• BWV 901 — Prelude and Fughetta in F major
• BWV 902 — Prelude and Fughetta in G major
• BWV 902a — Prelude in G major (alternative version of BWV 902)
• BWV 903 — Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
• BWV 903a — Chromatic Fantasia in D minor (alternative version of BWV 903)
• BWV 904 — Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 905 — Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
• BWV 906 — Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (fugue unfinished)
• BWV 907 — Fantasia and Fughetta in B-flat major
• BWV 908 — Fantasia and Fughetta in D major
• BWV 909 — Concerto and fugue in C minor
• BWV 910 — Toccata in F-sharp minor
• BWV 911 — Toccata in C minor
• BWV 912 — Toccata in D major
• BWV 913 — Toccata in D minor
• BWV 914 — Toccata in E minor
• BWV 915 — Toccata in G minor
• BWV 916 — Toccata in G major
• BWV 917 — Fantasia in G minor
• BWV 918 — Fantasia in C minor
• BWV 919 — Fantasia in C minor
• BWV 920 — Fantasia in G minor
• BWV 921 — Prelude in C minor
• BWV 922 — Prelude in A minor
• BWV 923 — Prelude in B minor (spurious, possibly by Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel
  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel
  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel was a German composer and organist, elder son of Johann Pachelbel.Born in Erfurt near Eisenach , Pachelbel studied with his father. The first printed reference to either Pachelbel is in Johann Mattheson's Ehrenpforte...
  
  )

Little Preludes from Clavier-Büchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is a collection of keyboard music compiled by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann...

 (924–932)

• BWV 924 — Prelude in C major
• BWV 924a — Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 924)
• BWV 925 — Prelude in D major
• BWV 926 — Prelude in D minor
• BWV 927 — Praeambulum in F major
• BWV 928 — Prelude in F major
• BWV 929 — Prelude in G minor
• BWV 930 — Prelude in G minor
• BWV 931 — Prelude in A minor
• BWV 932 — Prelude in E minor

Six Little Preludes (933–938)

Six Little Preludes (BWV 933-938)

The Six Little Preludes are a group of preludes written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord. They are all short, pedagogical efforts written in or around the period of 1717-1720, but they were not published until 1802. These pieces are all short pieces that require a strong...

• BWV 933 — Little Prelude in C major
• BWV 934 — Little Prelude in C minor
• BWV 935 — Little Prelude in D minor
• BWV 936 — Little Prelude in D major
• BWV 937 — Little Prelude in E major
• BWV 938 — Little Prelude in E minor

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

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

• BWV 939 — Prelude in C major
• BWV 940 — Prelude in D minor
• BWV 941 — Prelude in E minor
• BWV 942 — Prelude in A minor
• BWV 943 — Prelude in C major

Fugues and fughettas (944–962)

• BWV 944 — Fugue in A minor
• BWV 945 — Fugue in E minor
• BWV 946 — Fugue in C major
• BWV 947 — Fugue in A minor
• BWV 948 — Fugue in D minor
• BWV 949 — Fugue in A major
• BWV 950 — Fugue in A major on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni
  Tomaso Albinoni
  Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was an Italian Baroque composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, such as the concertos, some of which are regularly recorded.-Biography:Born in Venice, Republic of Venice, to Antonio Albinoni, a...
  
  
• BWV 951 — Fugue in B minor on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni
  Tomaso Albinoni
  Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was an Italian Baroque composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, such as the concertos, some of which are regularly recorded.-Biography:Born in Venice, Republic of Venice, to Antonio Albinoni, a...
  
  
• BWV 951a — Fugue in B minor (alternative version of BWV 951)
• BWV 952 — Fugue in C major
• BWV 953 — Fugue in C major
• BWV 954 — Fugue in B-flat major on a theme by Johann Adam Reincken
  Johann Adam Reincken
  Johann Adam Reincken was a Dutch/German organist and composer...
  
  
• BWV 955 — Fugue in B-flat major
• BWV 956 — Fugue in E minor
• BWV 957 — Fugue in G major
• BWV 958 — Fugue in A minor
• BWV 959 — Fugue in A minor
• BWV 960 — Fugue in E minor
• BWV 961 — Fughetta in C minor
• BWV 962 — Fughetta in E minor

Sonatas and sonata movements (963–970)

• BWV 963 — Sonata in D major
• BWV 964 — Sonata in D minor (arrangement of Sonata No. 2 for solo violin, BWV 1003)
• BWV 965 — Sonata in A minor (after Johann Adam Reincken
  Johann Adam Reincken
  Johann Adam Reincken was a Dutch/German organist and composer...
  
  's Hortus Musicus Nos. 1-5)
• BWV 966 — Sonata in C major (after Johann Adam Reincken's Hortus Musicus Nos. 11-15)
• BWV 967 — Sonata in A minor (one movement only, arrangement of a chamber sonata by unknown composer)
• BWV 968 — Adagio in G major (after movement 1 of Sonata No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1005)
• BWV 969 — Andante in G minor
• BWV 970 — Presto in D minor

Italian Concerto, from Clavier-Übung II (971)

• BWV 971 — Italian Concerto, in F major

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

• BWV 972 — Concerto in D major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
  
  's Concerto Op. 3/9 RV230
  L'estro Armonico
  L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2 and 4 violins written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711. It largely augmented the reputation of Vivaldi as Il Prete Rosso;...
  
  )
• BWV 973 — Concerto in G major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 7/2 RV188
  Twelve Concertos, Opus 7 (Vivaldi)
  Antonio Vivaldi wrote a set of concertos, Op. 7, in 1716-1717. Ten of them were for violin solo, and the other two were for oboe solo.*Concerto No. 1 for oboe, strings, and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV 465...
  
  )
• BWV 974 — Concerto in D minor (arrangement of Alessandro Marcello
  Alessandro Marcello
  Alessandro Marcello was an Italian nobleman, poet, philosopher, mathematician and musician.-Biography:...
  
  's Oboe Concerto in D minor)
• BWV 975 — Concerto in G minor (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 4/6 RV316a
  La stravaganza
  La stravanganza is a set of concertos, op. 4, written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1712-1713. The set was first published in 1714 and was dedicated to a Venetian nobleman Signor Vettor Delfino...
  
  )
• BWV 976 — Concerto in C major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/12 RV265
  L'estro Armonico
  L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2 and 4 violins written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711. It largely augmented the reputation of Vivaldi as Il Prete Rosso;...
  
  )
• BWV 977 — Concerto in C major (source unknown, possibly a concerto by Benedetto Marcello
  Benedetto Marcello
  Benedetto Marcello was a Venetian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher.-Life:...
  
  )
• BWV 978 — Concerto in F major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/3 RV310
  L'estro Armonico
  L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2 and 4 violins written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711. It largely augmented the reputation of Vivaldi as Il Prete Rosso;...
  
  )
• BWV 979 — Concerto in B minor (recently identified as Vivaldi's Concerto RV Anh. 10)
• BWV 980 — Concerto in G major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 4/1 RV383a
  La stravaganza
  La stravanganza is a set of concertos, op. 4, written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1712-1713. The set was first published in 1714 and was dedicated to a Venetian nobleman Signor Vettor Delfino...
  
  )
• BWV 981 — Concerto in C minor (possibly an arrangement of Benedetto Marcello's concerto Op. 1/2)
• BWV 982 — Concerto in B-flat major (arrangement of Prince Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar
  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (composer)
  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar was a German prince, son by his second marriage of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar...
  
  's concerto Op. 1/1)
• BWV 983 — Concerto in G minor (source unknown)
• BWV 984 — Concerto in C major (arrangement of a Prince Johann Ernst concerto) (see BWV 595 for organ version)
• BWV 985 — Concerto in G minor (arrangement of a Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
  
   violin concerto)
• BWV 986 — Concerto in G major (arrangement of a concerto attributed to Georg Philipp Telemann)
• BWV 987 — Concerto in D minor (arrangement of Prince Johann Ernst's concerto Op. 1/4)

Variations

Variation (music)

In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.-Variation form:...

 and miscellaneous pieces for keyboard (988–994)

• BWV 988 — Goldberg Variations
  Goldberg Variations
  The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form...
  
   (published as Fourth Clavier-Übung)
• BWV 989 — Aria variata alla maniera italiana, in A minor
• BWV 990 — Sarabande con Partite in C major (loosely adapted from the overture for "Bellérophon" (1679) by Jean-Baptiste Lully
  Jean-Baptiste Lully
  Jean-Baptiste de Lully was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in...
  
  )
• BWV 991 — Air
  Air (music)
  Air , a variant of the musical song form, is the name of various song-like vocal or instrumental compositions.-English lute ayres:...
  
   with variations in C minor (unfinished, from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena...
  
  )
• BWV 992 — Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo
  Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo
  The Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo , BMV 992, is an early work by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed when his brother Johann Jacob left to become an oboist in the army of Charles XII in Sweden...
  
   ("Capriccio
  Capriccio (music)
  A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
  
   on the departure of the Beloved Brother"), in B-flat major
• BWV 993 — Capriccio in E major
• BWV 994 — Applicatio in C major (From the Clavier-Büchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
  Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
  Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is a collection of keyboard music compiled by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann...
  
  )

Works for solo lute

Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....

 (995–1000)

• BWV 995 — Suite in G minor
  Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995
  Suite in G minor BWV 995, is a piece written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It is a transcription of Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011, which is written by the same composer. Written between the spring of 1727 and the winter of 1731, this extraordinary Lute Suite exists in another version, as...
  
   (transcription of Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011)
• BWV 996 — Suite in E minor
  Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996
  Suite in E minor, BWV 996, is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is probable that this suite was intended for lute-harpsichord. This piece is often performed on the guitar because of the rarity of the instrument. The movements in this piece are:#Präludium:...
  
   (most probably intended for lute-harpsichord
  Lautenwerck
  The lautenwerck , or lute-harpsichord , was a European keyboard instrument of the Baroque period. It was similar to a harpsichord, but with gut rather than metal strings, producing a mellow tone....
  
  )
• BWV 997 — Suite in C minor
• BWV 998 — Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major
  Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998
  Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998, is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach.-Prelude:The Prelude is similar to the Well-Tempered Clavier , in which there are many arpeggios...
  
  
• BWV 999 — Prelude in C minor
  Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
  The Prelude in C Minor is a musical work for solo lute written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach.-Recordings:Recordings of this piece are rare unless it is performed as an introduction to BWV 1000, which is Bach's Fugue in G minor...
  
  
• BWV 1000 — Fugue in G minor
  Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000
  The Fugue for Lute in G Minor is a musical composition for the lute, written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime shortly after he moved from Köthen to Leipzig in 1723. The work's BWV number is 1000.-Origin:...
  
   (transcription of Fuga (Allegro) from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001.)
  
  

  Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (1001–1006)

  • BWV 1001 — Sonata No. 1 in G minor
  • BWV 1002 — Partita No. 1 in B minor
  • BWV 1003 — Sonata No. 2 in A minor
  • BWV 1004 — Partita No. 2 in D minor
  • BWV 1005 — Sonata No. 3 in C major
  • BWV 1006 — Partita No. 3 in E major
    Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach)
    The Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach for solo violin consists of the following movements:# Preludio# Loure# Gavotte en Rondeau# Menuets # Bourrée# GigaIt takes approximately 20 minutes to perform....
    
    
  
  

  Suite for solo lute (1006a)

  • BWV 1006a — Suite in E major (transcription of Partita No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1006)
  
  

  Suites for solo cello

  Cello Suites (Bach)

  The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are some of the most performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello...

  
   (1007–1012)

  • BWV 1007 — Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
  • BWV 1008 — Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor
  • BWV 1009 — Cello Suite No. 3 in C major
  • BWV 1010 — Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
  • BWV 1011 — Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor
  • BWV 1012 — Cello Suite No. 6 in D major
  
  

  Works for violin and keyboard instrument (1014–1026)

  • BWV 1014 — Sonata in B minor for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1015 — Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1016 — Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1017 — Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1018 — Sonata in F minor for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1018a — Adagio in F minor for violin and harpsichord (early version of movement 3 from BWV 1018)
  • BWV 1019 — Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1019a — Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord (earlier version of BWV 1019)
  • BWV 1020 — Sonata in G minor for violin (or flute/recorder
    Recorder
    The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
    
    ) and harpsichord (Now attributed to C.P.E. Bach - H 542.5)
  • BWV 1021 — Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo
  • BWV 1022 — Sonata in F major for violin and harpsichord (doubtful)
  • BWV 1023 — Sonata in E minor for violin and basso continuo
  • BWV 1024 — Sonata in C minor for violin and basso continuo (doubtful)
  • BWV 1025 — Suite in A major for violin and harpsichord (after a sonata by Sylvius Leopold Weiss
    Sylvius Leopold Weiss
    Silvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist.Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died...
    
    )
  • BWV 1026 — Fugue in G minor for violin and harpsichord (doubtful)
  
  

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

  • BWV 1027 — Sonata No. 1 in G major for viola da gamba and harpsichord (arrangement of BWV 1039)
  • BWV 1027a — Trio in G major for organ (arrangement of movement 4 from BWV 1027)
  • BWV 1028 — Sonata No. 2 in D major for viola da gamba and harpsichord
  • BWV 1029 — Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord
  
  

  Sonatas for flute

  Flute sonata

  A flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo.-List of Flute Sonatas:*George Antheil...

  
   and keyboard instrument (1030–1035)

  • BWV 1030 — Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord
    Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord
    Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach is a sonata in 3 movements:* Andante* Largo e dolce* PrestoThe existing autograph manuscript dates from after 1735, when Bach led the Leipzig Collegium...
    
    
  • BWV 1030b - Sonata in G minor for harpsichord and unknown instrument (oboe
    Oboe
    The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
    
     or viola da gamba conjectured) - earlier version of BWV 1030 of which only harpsichord part survives
  • BWV 1031 — Sonata in E-flat major for flute or recorder and harpsichord
    Sonata in E-flat major for flute or recorder and harpsichord
    Sonata in E-flat major for flute or recorder and harpsichord, probably by J. S. Bach , is a sonata in 3 movements:* Allegro moderato* Siciliano* Allegro-Media:- External links :...
    
     (possibly not by Bach)
  • BWV 1032 — Sonata in A major for flute or recorder and harpsichord
    Sonata in A major for flute or recorder and harpsichord
    Sonata in A major for flute or recorder and harpsichord by J. S. Bach is a sonata in 3 movements:* Vivace* Largo e dolce* Allegro-Media:...
    
    
  • BWV 1033 — Sonata in C major for flute or recorder and basso continuo
    Sonata in C major for flute or recorder and basso continuo
    The Sonata in C major for flute or recorder and basso continuo may have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach is a sonata in 4 movements:* Andante – Presto* Allegro* Adagio* Menuet 1 – Menuet 2...
    
     (possibly not by Bach)
  • BWV 1034 — Sonata in E minor for flute or recorder and basso continuo
    Sonata in E minor for flute or recorder and basso continuo
    Sonata in E minor for flute or recorder and basso continuo by J. S. Bach is a sonata in 4 movements:* Adagio ma non tanto* Allegro* Andante* AllegroThe basso continuo can be provided by a variety of instruments...
    
    
  • BWV 1035 — Sonata in E major for flute or recorder and basso continuo
    Sonata in E major for flute or recorder and basso continuo
    Sonata in E major for flute or recorder and basso continuo by J. S. Bach is a sonata in 4 movements:* Adagio ma non tanto* Allegro* Siciliano* Allegro assaiThe basso continuo can be provided by a variety of instruments...
    
    
  
  

  Trio sonata

  Trio sonata

  The trio sonata is a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries.A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name trio sonata...

  
  s (1036–1040)

  • BWV 1036 — Sonata in D minor for 2 violins and keyboard (Now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    right|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
    
    )
  • BWV 1037 — Sonata in C major for 2 violins and keyboard (Now attributed to Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
    Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
    Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was a German virtuoso harpsichordist, organist, and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical period. He is most famous for lending his name, as the probable original performer, to the renowned Goldberg Variations of J.S...
    
    )
  • BWV 1038 — Sonata in G major for flute, violin and keyboard
  • BWV 1039 — Sonata in G major for 2 flutes and basso continuo
  • BWV 1040 — Sonata in F major for oboe, violin and basso continuo
  
  

  Violin concerto

  Violin concerto

  A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day...

  
  s (1041–1045)

  • BWV 1041 — Violin Concerto in A minor
    Violin Concerto in A minor (Bach)
    The Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1748.-Structure and analysis:The piece has three movements:#Allegro moderato#Andante — with an ostinato style theme#Allegro assai...
    
    
  • BWV 1042 — Violin Concerto in E major
    Violin Concerto in E major (Bach)
    The Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042, by Johann Sebastian Bach is a concerto for violin, strings and continuo in 3 movements:#Allegro with ritornello, with an overall structure like that of a da capo aria.#Adagio with an ground bass....
    
    
  • BWV 1043 — Concerto for 2 violins in D minor
    Double Violin Concerto (Bach)
    The Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto or "Bach Double", is perhaps one of the most famous works by J. S. Bach and considered among the best examples of the work of the late Baroque period. Bach wrote it between 1730 and 1731...
    
     ("Double Concerto")
  • BWV 1044 — Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord in A minor (also known as "Triple Concerto") - adaptation of harpsichord prelude and fugue in A minor BWV 894 (movts. 1 and 3) and middle movement of organ sonata in D minor BWV 527 (movt. 2).
  • BWV 1045 — Violin Concerto movement in D major
  • BWV 1056 — Concerto for violin in G minor (BWV 1056 is the concerto for harpsichord in F minor; it has been reconstructed for violin as the possible original instrument)
  
  

  Brandenburg concertos

  Brandenburg concertos

  The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 . They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era...

  
   (1046–1051)

  • BWV 1046 — Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major for violino piccolo
    Violino piccolo
    The violino piccolo is a stringed instrument of the baroque period. Most examples are similar to a child's size violin in size, and are tuned a third or a fourth higher...
    
    , three oboes, bassoon, two corni da caccia, strings and continuo
  • BWV 1046a — Sinfonia in F major (earlier version of BWV 1046)
  • BWV 1047 — Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major for trumpet, oboe, recorder
    Recorder
    The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
    
    , violin, strings and continuo
  • BWV 1048 — Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major for three violins, three violas, three cellos and continuo
  • BWV 1049 — Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major for violin, two fiauti d'echo (recorders), strings and continuo
  • BWV 1050 — Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major for harpsichord, violin, flute and strings
  • BWV 1050a — Concerto in D Major for harpsichord, violin, flute and strings (earlier version of BWV 1050)
  • BWV 1051 — Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major for two violas, two violas da gamba, cello and continuo
  
  
  

  Harpsichord concerto

  Harpsichord concertos (J. S. Bach)

  The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052-1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven complete concertos for a single harpsichord, , three concertos for 2 harpsichords , two concertos for 3 harpsichords , and one concerto for 4 harpsichords,...

  
  s (1052–1065)

  • BWV 1052 — Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D minor (after a lost violin concerto)
  • BWV 1053 — Concerto for harpsichord and strings in E major (probably after a lost oboe concerto, also performed as "Concerto in F major for oboe, strings, and continuo")
  • BWV 1054 — Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D major (after BWV 1042, Violin Concerto in E major)
  • BWV 1055 — Concerto for harpsichord and strings in A major (after a lost oboe d'amore
    Oboe d'amore
    The oboe d'amore , less commonly oboe d'amour, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, between the oboe itself and the cor...
    
     concerto)
  • BWV 1056 — Concerto for harpsichord and strings in F minor (probably after a lost violin concerto - this is sometimes recorded as Concerto for violin in G Minor)
  • BWV 1057 — Concerto for harpsichord, 2 recorders and strings in F major (after BWV 1049, Brandenburg concerto No. 4 in G major)
  • BWV 1058 — Concerto for harpsichord and strings in G minor (after BWV 1041, Violin Concerto in A minor)
  • BWV 1059 is an incomplete fragment of about 10 bars. So-called 'reconstructions' have been made of harpsichord, organ and oboe concertos based on this by using cantata movements but these are almost entirely speculative.
  • BWV 1060 — Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings in C minor (after a lost violin and oboe concerto)
  • BWV 1061 — Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings in C major (original version for 2 harpsichords unaccompanied known as BWV 1061a)
  • BWV 1062 — Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings in C minor (after BWV 1043, Double Violin Concerto in D minor)
  • BWV 1063 — Concerto for 3 harpsichords and strings in D minor
  • BWV 1064 — Concerto for 3 harpsichords and strings in C major (after a lost triple violin concerto)
  • BWV 1065 — Concerto for 4 harpsichords and strings in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
    
    's concerto for 4 violins in B minor, L'estro Armonico
    L'estro Armonico
    L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2 and 4 violins written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711. It largely augmented the reputation of Vivaldi as Il Prete Rosso;...
    
     Op. 3/10, RV 580)
  
  

  Orchestral suites

  Orchestral suites (Bach)

  The four Orchestral Suites or Ouvertures BWV 1066–1069 are a set of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, probably composed between 1725 and 1739 in Leipzig...

  
   (1066–1071)

  • BWV 1066 — Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major (for woodwinds, strings and continuo)
    • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Courante, Gavotte I & II, Forlane, Menuet I & II, Bourrée I & II, Passepied I & II.
  • BWV 1067 — Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor (for flute, strings and continuo)
    • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Rondeau, Sarabande, Bourrée I & II, Polonaise & Double, Menuet, Badinerie.
  • BWV 1068 — Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major (for oboes, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo)
    • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Air, Gavotte I & II, Bourrée, Gigue.
  • BWV 1069 — Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major (for oboes, basson, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo)
    • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Bourrée I & II, Gavotte, Menuet I & II, Rejouissance.
  • BWV 1070 — Orchestral Suite in G minor (spurious - WF Bach)
  • BWV 1071 — Sinfonia in F major (originally grouped with orchestral suites, now known as BWV 1046a)
  
  

  Canons

  Canon (music)

  In music, a canon is a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration . The initial melody is called the leader , while the imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called the follower...

  
   (1072–1078)

  • BWV 1072 — Canon trias harmonica a 8
  • BWV 1073 — Canon a 4 perpetuus
  • BWV 1074 — Canon a 4
  • BWV 1075 — Canon a 2 perpetuus
  • BWV 1076 — Canon triplex a 6
  • BWV 1077 — Canone doppio sopr'il soggetto
  • BWV 1078 — Canon super fa mi a 7 post tempus misicum
  
  

  Late contrapuntal works (1079–1080)

  • BWV 1079 — The Musical Offering
    The Musical Offering
    The Musical Offering , BWV 1079, is a collection of canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single musical theme given to him by Frederick II of Prussia , to whom they are dedicated...
    
     (Musikalisches Opfer)
  • BWV 1080 — The Art of Fugue
    The Art of Fugue
    The Art of Fugue , BWV 1080, is an incomplete work by Johann Sebastian Bach . It was most likely started at the beginning of the 1740s, if not earlier. The first known surviving version, which contained 12 fugues and 2 canons, was copied by the composer in 1745...
    
     (Die Kunst der Fuge)
  
  

  Miscellaneous (BWV 1081–1089)

  • BWV 1081 — Credo in unum Deum in F-dur (for choir)
  • BWV 1082 — Suscepit Israel puerum suum (for choir)
  • BWV 1083 — Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (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...
    
    , "parody", i.e., reworked version, of Pergolesi
    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Iesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...
    
    's Stabat Mater
    Stabat Mater
    Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Roman Catholic hymn to Mary. It has been variously attributed to the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and to Innocent III...
    
    )
  • BWV 1084 — O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn (chorale)
  • BWV 1085 — O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (chorale prelude)
  • BWV 1086 — Canon concordia discors — organ
  • BWV 1087 — 14 canons on the First Eight Notes of Goldberg Variations Ground — organ (discovered 1974)
  • BWV 1088 — So heb ich denn mein Auge sehnlich auf (aria for bass)
  • BWV 1089 — Da Jesus an dem Kreutze stund (chorale)
  
  

  Neumeister Chorales

  Neumeister Chorales

  Neumeister Chorales is the name commonly used for a recently discovered set of chorale preludes compiled by Johann Gottfried Neumeister . The manuscript was passed onto Christian Heinrich Rinck , whose library was bought by Lowell Mason in 1852...

  
   (BWV 1090–1120)

  Discovered 1985 in the archives of the Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
   library.
  • BWV 1090 — Wir Christenleut
  • BWV 1091 — Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
  • BWV 1092 — Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf
  • BWV 1093 — Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
  • BWV 1094 — O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt
  • BWV 1095 — O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
  • BWV 1096 — Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (also known as "Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ"; doubtful, possibly by Johann Pachelbel
    Johann Pachelbel
    Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most...
    
    )
  • BWV 1097 — Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not
  • BWV 1098 — Wir glauben all an einen Gott
  • BWV 1099 — Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
  • BWV 1100 — Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
  • BWV 1101 — Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
  • BWV 1102 — Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ
  • BWV 1103 — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
  • BWV 1104 — Wenn dich Unglück tut greifen an
  • BWV 1105 — Jesu, meine Freude
  • BWV 1106 — Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hilf und Trost
  • BWV 1107 — Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
  • BWV 1108 — Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht
  • BWV 1109 — Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen
  • BWV 1110 — O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort
  • BWV 1111 — Nun lasset uns den Leib begrab'n
  • BWV 1112 — Christus, der ist mein Leben
  • BWV 1113 — Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt
  • BWV 1114 — Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
  • BWV 1115 — Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr
  • BWV 1116 — Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
  • BWV 1117 — Alle Menschen müssen sterben
  • BWV 1118 — Werde munter, mein Gemüte
  • BWV 1119 — Wie nach einer Wasserquelle
  • BWV 1120 — Christ, der du bist der helle Tag
  
  

  Various organ works (BWV 1121–1126)

  • BWV 1121 — Fantasie
  • BWV 1122 — Denket doch, Ihr Menschenkinder
  • BWV 1123 — Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gut
  • BWV 1124 — Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ
  • BWV 1125 — O Gott, du frommer Gott
  • BWV 1126 — Lobet Gott, unsern Herrn
  
  

  Strophic aria (BWV 1127)

  • BWV 1127 — Alles mit Gott, und nichts ohn' ihn (newly discovered vocal piece, June 2005)
  
  

  Organ chorale fantasia (BWV 1128)

  • BWV 1128 — Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält
    Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält
    Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält is an organ chorale fantasia written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1128. The manuscript was recently discovered on 15 March 2008 at an auction of items from the collection of Wilhelm Rust...
    
     (discovered March 2008)
  
  

  Various works

  • BWV Anh. 42 — Fugue — Organ Works
  • BWV Anh. 43 — Fugue — Organ Works
  • BWV Anh. 44 — Fugue — Organ Works
  • BWV Anh. 45 — Fugue — Organ Works
  • BWV Anh. 46 — Trio — Organ Works
  • BWV Anh. 47 — Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 48 — Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 49 — Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 50 — Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 51 — Erstanden ist der heilige Christ — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 52 — Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 53 — Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 54 — Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 55 — — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 56 — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 57 — Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 58 — Jesu, meine Freude — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 59 — Jesu, meine Freude — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 60 — Non lob', mein' Seel' den Herren — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 61 — O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 62a — Sei Lob und Ehr mit hohem Preis — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 62b — Sei Lob und Ehr mit hohem Preis — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 63 — Von Himmel hoch — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 64 — Von Himmel hoch — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 65 — Von Himmel hoch — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 66 — Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 67 — Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 68 — Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 69 — Wir glauben all' an einen Gott — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 70 — Wir glauben all' an einen Gott — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 71 — Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 72 — Canon — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 73 — Ich Ruf du dir, Herr Jesu Christ (arrangement of BWV 639, possibly by CPE Bach)
  • BWV Anh. 74 — Schucke dich, O liebe seele (by Homilius?)
  • BWV Anh. 75 - — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 76 - Jesu Meine Freude — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 77 — — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 78 — Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 79 — Befiehl du deine Wege — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 107 — Fugue — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 108 — Fugue — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 109 — Fugue — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 110 — Fugue — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 111 — Largo & Allegro — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 112 — Grave — Doubtful Works
  
  

  Anna Magdalena's Notebooks

  see Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena...
  
  .
  • BWV Anh. 113 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 114 — Minuet — Attributed to Christian Petzold
    Christian Petzold
    Christian Petzold was a German composer and organist. He was active primarily in Dresden, and achieved a high reputation during his lifetime, but his surviving works are few...
    
    
  • BWV Anh. 115 — Minuet — Attributed to Christian Petzold
    Christian Petzold
    Christian Petzold was a German composer and organist. He was active primarily in Dresden, and achieved a high reputation during his lifetime, but his surviving works are few...
    
    
  • BWV Anh. 116 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 117a — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 117b — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 118 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 119 — Polonaise — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 120 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 121 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 122 — March — C.P.E. Bach
  • BWV Anh. 123 — Polonaise — C.P.E. Bach
  • BWV Anh. 124 — March — C.P.E. Bach
  • BWV Anh. 125 — Polonaise — C.P.E. Bach
  • BWV Anh. 126 — Musette — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 127 — March — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 128 — Polonaise — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 129 — Solo — C.P.E. Bach
  • BWV Anh. 130 — Polonaise — Johann Adolph Hasse
    Johann Adolph Hasse
    Johann Adolph Hasse was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music...
    
    
  • BWV Anh. 131 — Movement — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 132 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  
  

  More spurious works

  BWV Anh. 133-150 - pieces for musical clock possibly by W. F. Bach
  • BWV Anh. 133 — Fantasia — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 134 — Scherzo — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 135 — Buslesca — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 136 — Trio — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 137 — L'Intrada della Caccia — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 138 — Continuazione della Caccia — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 139 — Il Fine delle Caccia — I — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 140 — Il Fine delle Caccia — II — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 141 — Song of Psalm: O Gott die Christenhalt — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 142 — Psalm 110 — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 143 — Polonaise — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 144 — Polonaise Trio — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 145 — March — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 146 — March — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 147 — La Combattuta — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 148 — Scherzo — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 149 — Minuet — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 150 — Trio — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 151 — Concerto — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 152 — Concerto — Doubtful Works
  • BWV Anh. 153 — Sonata — Doubtful Works
  
  

  Falsely attributed works

  • BWV Anh. 158 — Aria: Andro dall' colle al prato — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 159 — Motet: Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn — Probably by J.S.Bach (except final chorale), previously ascribed to J.C.Bach
  • BWV Anh. 160 — Motet: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt — Assembly of movements by Bach and Teleman
  • BWV Anh. 161 — Motet: Kundlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 162 — Motet: Lob und Ehre und Weishelt und Dank — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 163 — Motet: Merk aud, mein Herz, und sieh dorthin — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 164 — Motet: Nun danket alle Gott — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 165 — Motet: Unser Wandel ist im Himmel — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 177 — Prelude and Fugue - Falsely Attributed (composed by Johann Christoph Bach)
  • BWV Anh. 178 — Toccata quasi Fantasia with Fugue — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 179 — Fantasia — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 180 — Fugue — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 181 — Fugue — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 182 — Passacaglia — by Christian Friedrich Witt
    Christian Friedrich Witt
    Christian Friedrich Witt, or Witte was a German composer, music editor and teacher.-Biography:He was born in Altenburg, where his father, Johann Ernst Witt, was court organist; he had come from Denmark around 1650 when a Danish princess married into the house of Saxe-Altenburg...
    
    
  • BWV Anh. 183 — Rondeau - Les Bergeries by François Couperin
    François Couperin
    François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.-Life:Couperin was born in Paris...
    
    , contained in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
    Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
    The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena...
    
    
  • BWV Anh. 184 — Sonata — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 185 — Sonata — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 186 — Sonata — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 187 — Trio — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 188 — Sonata (Concerto) for 2 Claviers — Falsely Attributed Works
  • BWV Anh. 189 — Concerto in A Minor — Falsely Attributed Works
  
  
  • BWV Anh. 200 - O Traurigkeit, o herzeleid - fragment from Orgelbuchlein
  • BWV Anh. 205 - Fantasia in C minor - has become BWV 1121
  
  

  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').
  • BWV 1052r — Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstructed from BWV 1052)
  • BWV 1053r — Oboe d'amore
    Oboe d'amore
    The oboe d'amore , less commonly oboe d'amour, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, between the oboe itself and the cor...
    
     Concerto in D major / Oboe
    Oboe
    The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
    
     Concerto in F major (reconstructed from BWV 1053)
  • BWV 1055r — Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major (reconstructed from BWV 1055)
  • BWV 1056r — Violin Concerto in G minor / Oboe
    Oboe
    The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
    
     Concerto in G minor (reconstructed from BWV 1056)
  • BWV 1059r — Oboe Concerto in D minor (reconstructed from BWV 1059 and associated cantatas - the most spurious reconstruction, simply because there is no more than a 10-bar fragment of this piece surviving)
  • BWV 1060r — Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor/D minor (reconstructed from BWV 1060)
  • BWV 1064r — Concerto for Three Violins in D major (reconstructed from BWV 1064)
  
  

  See also

  • Bach compositions printed during the composer's lifetime
  • List of fugal works by Johann Sebastian Bach
  
  

  External links

  • Dave's J.S. Bach Works Catalog A version of the BWV catalogue
  • The BWV catalogue online Another version of the BWV catalogue, in French
  • The J.S. Bach Home Page A comprehensive database of Bach's compositions with details and reviews of recordings of each work
  • Bach Cantatas Website - Huge resource of information on Bach's Cantatas and other vocal works. Includes full texts translated into many different languages
  • Canons & Fugues of J.S. Bach Excellent resource, contains music and colourful analyses
  • Mutopia The Mutopia project
    Mutopia project
    The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books.The music is reproduced from old scores that are out of copyright...
    
     provides more than 200 scores available for download in PDF, Postscript
    Postscript
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     and Midi format
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