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List of keyboard and lute compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

List of keyboard and lute compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Keyboard works (Klavierwerke) by Johann Sebastian Bach traditionally refers to Chapter 8 in the BWV catalogue or the fifth series of the New Bach Edition,[1] both of which list compositions for a solo keyboard instrument like the harpsichord or the clavichord. Despite the fact that the organ is also a keyboard instrument, and that in Bach's time the distinction wasn't always made whether a keyboard composition was for organ or another keyboard instrument, Wolfgang Schmieder ranged organ compositions in a separate section of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Nos. 525-771). Also other compositions for keyboard, like compositions for lute-harpsichord and fortepiano were listed outside the "Klavierwerke" range by Schmieder. Lute works are in the range 995–1000, Chapter 9 in the BWV catalogue.[2]

Works for keyboard (BWV 772–994)

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 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)

English Suites (806–811)

  • BWV 806 – English Suite 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 (alternative version of 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 (alternative versions of several 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 version of movement 1: Allemande from BWV 819)
  • BWV 820 – Overture (Suite) in F major
  • BWV 821 – Suite in B-flat major (doubtful)[3][4]
  • BWV 822 – Suite in G minor, play Gavotte in G Minor, simulating a viola
  • BWV 823 – Suite in F minor
  • BWV 824 – Suite in A major (spurious, composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, TWV 32:14)[5]

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

Clavier-Übung I, six Partitas for keyboard:

  1. BWV 825 – Partita in B-flat major
  2. BWV 826 – Partita in C minor
  3. BWV 827 – Partita in A minor
  4. BWV 828 – Partita in D major
  5. BWV 829 – Partita in G major
  6. BWV 830 – Partita in E minor

French Overture, from Clavier-Übung II (831)

Suites and suite movements (832–845)

  • BWV 832 – Suite in A major
  • BWV 833 – Prelude and Partita in F major
  • BWV 834 – Allemande in C minor (doubtful)[6][7]
  • BWV 835 – Allemande in A minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Philipp Kirnberger)[8][9]
  • BWV 836 – Allemande in G minor (spurious, possibly by Pier Giuseppe Sandoni)[10]
  • BWV 837 – Allemande in G minor (spurious, possibly by Pier Giuseppe Sandoni)[11]
  • BWV 838 – Allemande and Courante in A major (spurious, possibly by Christoph Graupner, GWV 849)[8][12]
  • BWV 839 – Sarabande in G minor (doubtful)[13]
  • BWV 840 – Courante in G major (spurious, after the 2nd movement of Telemann's Ouverture in G major, TWV 32:13)
  • BWV 841 – Minuet in G major (from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
  • BWV 842 – Minuet in G minor
  • BWV 843 – Minuet in G major
  • BWV 844 – Scherzo in D minor (doubtful)[14]
  • BWV 844a – Scherzo in D minor (alternative version of BWV 844, doubtful)[14]
  • BWV 845 – Gigue in F minor (doubtful)[6]

The Well-Tempered Clavier (846–893)

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I:

  1. BWV 846 – Prelude and Fugue in C major
    • BWV 846a – Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 846, only Prelude)
  2. BWV 847 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
    • BWV 847a – Prelude in C minor (alternative version of BWV 847, only Prelude)
  3. BWV 848 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
  4. BWV 849 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
  5. BWV 850 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
    • BWV 850a – Prelude in D major (alternative version of BWV 850, only Prelude)
  6. BWV 851 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor
    • BWV 851a – Prelude in D minor (alternative version of BWV 851, only Prelude)
  7. BWV 852 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
  8. BWV 853 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor (The fugue of this work is in D-sharp minor, the enharmonic key of E-flat minor)
  9. BWV 854 – Prelude and Fugue in E major
  10. BWV 855 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor
    • BWV 855a – Prelude in E minor (early version of the prelude of BWV 855), and Fughetta[15]
  11. BWV 856 – Prelude and Fugue in F major
  12. BWV 857 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor
  13. BWV 858 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major
  14. BWV 859 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
  15. BWV 860 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
  16. BWV 861 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
  17. BWV 862 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major
  18. BWV 863 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
  19. BWV 864 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
  20. BWV 865 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  21. BWV 866 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
  22. BWV 867 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor
  23. BWV 868 – Prelude and Fugue in B major
  24. BWV 869 – Prelude and Fugue in B minor

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II:

  1. BWV 870 – Prelude and Fugue 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)
  2. BWV 871 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
  3. BWV 872 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
    • BWV 872a – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major (alternative version of BWV 872)
  4. BWV 873 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
  5. BWV 874 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
  6. BWV 875 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor
    • BWV 875a – Prelude in D minor (alternative version of BWV 875)
  7. BWV 876 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
  8. BWV 877 – Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor
  9. BWV 878 – Prelude and Fugue in E major
  10. BWV 879 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor
  11. BWV 880 – Prelude and Fugue in F major
  12. BWV 881 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor
  13. BWV 882 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major
  14. BWV 883 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
  15. BWV 884 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
  16. BWV 885 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
  17. BWV 886 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major
  18. BWV 887 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
  19. BWV 888 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
  20. BWV 889 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  21. BWV 890 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
  22. BWV 891 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor
  23. BWV 892 – Prelude and Fugue in B major
  24. BWV 893 – Prelude and Fugue 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 (doubtful; prelude possibly by Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel, fugue possibly by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach)[16][17]
  • BWV 898 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major on the name B-A-C-H (doubtful)[18]
  • 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 (doubtful)[19]
  • BWV 906 – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (fugue unfinished)
  • BWV 907 – Fantasia and Fughetta in B-flat major (doubtful)[20]
  • BWV 908 – Fantasia and Fughetta in D major (doubtful)[21]
  • BWV 909 – Concerto and Fugue in C minor (doubtful)[22]
  • 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 (doubtful, possibly by Johann Bernhard Bach)[23]
  • BWV 920 – Fantasia in G minor (doubtful)[19]
  • BWV 921 – Prelude in C minor
  • BWV 922 – Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor
  • BWV 923 – Prelude in B minor (possibly by Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel)[24]
  • BWV 923a – Prelude (Toccatina No. 3; variant of BWV 923; doubtful)[25][26]

Nine Little Preludes from Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's Klavierbüchlein (924–932)

Indicated as "Neun kleine Präludien aus dem Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" (nine little preludes from the keyboard-booklet for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) in the Bach-Werke Verzeichnis:[27][28][29]

  1. BWV 924 – Prelude in C major (Klavierbüchlein No. 2: "Praeambulum")[30]
    BWV 924a – Prelude in C major (Klavierbüchlein No. 26: "Preludium ex c♮"; variant version of BWV 924 probably by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 44)[31]
  2. BWV 925 – Prelude in D major (Klavierbüchlein No. 27: "Praeludium ex d♮"; possibly by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 45)[32]
  3. BWV 926 – Prelude in D minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 4: "Praeludium")[33]
  4. BWV 927 – Prelude in F major (Klavierbüchlein No. 8: "Praeambulum")[34]
  5. BWV 928 – Prelude in F major (Klavierbüchlein No. 10: "Praeludium")[35]
  6. BWV 929 – Prelude in G minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 48e: Trio for a Minuet by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel)[36]
  7. BWV 930 – Prelude in G minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 9: "Praeambulum")[37]
  8. BWV 931 – Prelude in A minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 29: "Praeludium"; possibly by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 47)[38]
  9. BWV 932 – Prelude in E minor (incomplete; Klavierbüchlein No. 28: "Praeludium ex e♭"; possibly by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 46)[39]

Six Little Preludes (933–938)

An 18th-century set of short preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach:

  1. BWV 933 – Little Prelude in C major
  2. BWV 934 – Little Prelude in C minor
  3. BWV 935 – Little Prelude in D minor
  4. BWV 936 – Little Prelude in D major
  5. BWV 937 – Little Prelude in E major
  6. BWV 938 – Little Prelude in E minor

Five Little Preludes (939–943)

Five short preludes found in the manuscript P 804 (collection of Johann Peter Kellner):[40]

  1. BWV 939 – Prelude in C major[41]
  2. BWV 940 – Prelude in D minor[42]
  3. BWV 941 – Prelude in E minor[43]
  4. BWV 942 – Prelude in A minor[44]
  5. BWV 943 – Prelude in C major[45]

Fugues and fughettas (944–962)

  • BWV 944Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 945 – Fugue in E minor (doubtful, possibly by Christoph Graupner)[46][47]
  • 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
  • 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
  • BWV 955 – Fugue in B-flat major
  • BWV 956 – Fugue in E minor (doubtful)[48]
  • BWV 957 – Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt (chorale prelude for organ in the Neumeister Collection, previously listed as Fugue in G major)
  • BWV 958 – Fugue in A minor (doubtful)[49]
  • BWV 959 – Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 960 – Fugue in E minor (incomplete and doubtful)[50][51]
  • BWV 961 – Fughetta in C minor
  • BWV 962 – Fughetta in E minor (spurious, composed by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger)[52]

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 – doubtful)[53]
  • BWV 965 – Sonata in A minor (after Johann Adam Reincken'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 – doubtful)[53]
  • BWV 969 – Andante in G minor (doubtful)[14][54]
  • BWV 970 – Presto in D minor (spurious, composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach)[55]

Italian Concerto, from Clavier-Übung II (971)

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

  • BWV 972 – Concerto in D major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/9, RV230)
  • BWV 973 – Concerto in G major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 7/8, RV299)
  • BWV 974 – Concerto in D minor (arrangement of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D minor)
  • BWV 975 – Concerto in G minor (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 4/6, RV316a)
  • BWV 976 – Concerto in C major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/12, RV265)
  • BWV 977 – Concerto in C major (source unknown, possibly a concerto by Benedetto Marcello)
  • BWV 978 – Concerto in F major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/3, RV310)
  • BWV 979 – Concerto in B minor (recently identified as Vivaldi's Concerto RV Anh. 10, now RV 813)[56]
  • BWV 980 – Concerto in G major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in B-flat Major, RV 381)
  • 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 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 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 and miscellaneous pieces for keyboard (988–994)

Works for solo lute (BWV 995–1000)

Works for keyboard and lute in the eighth and ninth chapters of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1998)

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Other keyboard and lute compositions

Canons (BWV 1072–1078)

Late contrapuntal works (BWV 1079–1080)

Spurious and doubtful works in Anna Magdalena's Notebooks (BWV Anh. 113–132)

Piano transcriptions


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