This page lists the fugal works of 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...

, defined here as the 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, fughettas, and canon

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...

s, as well as other works containing fugal expositions but not denoted as fugues, such as some choral sections of the Mass in B minor, the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion, and the Bach cantata

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....

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This sub-list of the complete list of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach is intended to facilitate the study of Bach's counterpoint

Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...

 techniques. Each work cited in this list will be annotated with the fugal subject(s) and any countersubjects in musical notation

Musical notation

Music notation or musical notation is any system that represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written symbols.-History:...

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Organ Fugues

• BWV 531 — Prelude and Fugue in C major
• BWV 532 — Prelude and Fugue in D major
• BWV 532a — Fugue in D major (alternative version of 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, simplified 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 based on the original manuscript)
• BWV 537 — Fantasia (Prelude) and Fugue in C minor
• 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 "Grand" 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 major (alternative version of BWV 545)
• BWV 546 — Prelude and Fugue in C minor
• BWV 547 — Prelude and Fugue in C major "9/8"
• 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...
  
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• 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...
  
   (553–560)
  • BWV 553 — Short Prelude and Fugue in C major (spurious, 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 554 — Short Prelude and Fugue in D minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
  • BWV 555 — Short Prelude and Fugue in E minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
  • BWV 556 — Short Prelude and Fugue in F major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
  • BWV 557 — Short Prelude and Fugue in G major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
  • BWV 558 — Short Prelude and Fugue in G minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
  • BWV 559 — Short Prelude and Fugue in A minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
  • BWV 560 — Short Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 561 — Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (spurious)
• BWV 562 — Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (fugue unfinished)
• BWV 563 — Fantasia with imitation in B minor (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 (spurious)
  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
• BWV 568 — Prelude in G major
• 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
• 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...
  
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• BWV 574 — Fugue in C minor
• BWV 574a — Fugue in C minor (alternative version of BWV 574)
• BWV 575 — Fugue in C minor
• BWV 576 — Fugue in G major
• BWV 577 — Fugue in G major 'à la Gigue' (spurious)
• 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 on a theme by Arcangelo 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); in B Minor
• BWV 580 — Fugue in D major (spurious)
• 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....
  
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• BWV 581a — Fugue in G major (spurious)
• BWV 582 — Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
  Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
  Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Presumably composed early in Bach's career, it is one of his most important and well-known works, and an important influence on 19th and 20th century passacaglias: Robert Schumann described the variations of the...
  
  
• BWV 1086 — Canon concordia discors — organ
• BWV 1087 — 14 canons on the First Eight Notes of Goldberg Variations Ground — organ

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
• 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 and fugues, toccatas and fantasias (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
• 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

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
• 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

Lute fugues

• BWV 997 — Lute Suite No.2 in C minor (Fuge)
• BWV 998 — Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major
• BWV 1000 — - Fugue in G minor

Sonatas and partitas for solo violin

• BWV 1001 — Sonata No.1 in G minor, Fuga (Allegro) — Transcribed for organ as BWV 539 and for lute as BWV 1000
• BWV 1003 — Sonata No.2 in A minor, Fuga — Transcribed for harpsichord as BWV 964
• BWV 1005 — - Sonata No.3 in C major, Fuga (Alla breve)

Canons (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 musicum

Late Contrapuntal Works: The Musical Offering and The Art of Fugue (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)