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Chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to the compositions in the tenth chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions), [1] or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series VI. [2] Chamber music is understood as containing:
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1 | BWV | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (lit. 'Bach-works-catalogue'; BWV) numbers. Anhang (Annex; Anh.) numbers are indicated as follows: |
2 | 2a | Section in which the composition appears in BWV2a:
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3 | Date | Date associated with the completion of the listed version of the composition. Exact dates (e.g. for most cantatas) usually indicate the assumed date of first (public) performance. When the date is followed by an abbreviation in brackets (e.g. JSB for Johann Sebastian Bach) it indicates the date of that person's involvement with the composition as composer, scribe or publisher. |
4 | Name | Name of the composition: if the composition is known by a German incipit, that German name is preceded by the composition type (e.g. cantata, chorale prelude, motet, ...) |
5 | Key | Key of the composition |
6 | Scoring | See scoring table below for the abbreviations used in this column |
7 | BG | Bach Gesellschaft-Ausgabe (BG edition; BGA): numbers before the colon indicate the volume in that edition. After the colon an Arabic numeral indicates the page number where the score of the composition begins, while a Roman numeral indicates a description of the composition in the Vorwort (Preface) of the volume. [4] |
8 | NBE | New Bach Edition (German: Neue Bach-Ausgabe, NBA): Roman numerals for the series, followed by a slash, and the volume number in Arabic numerals. A page number, after a colon, refers to the "Score" part of the volume. Without such page number, the composition is only described in the "Critical Commentary" part of the volume. The volumes group Bach's compositions by genre: [5]
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9 | Additional info | may include:
Provenance of standard texts and tunes, such as Lutheran hymns and their chorale melodies, Latin liturgical texts (e.g. Magnificat) and common tunes (e.g. Folia), are not usually indicated in this column. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes. |
10 | BD | Bach Digital Work page |
Voices (see also SATB) | ||||||||||||
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a | A | b | B | s | S | t | T | v | V | |||
alto (solo part) | alto (choir part) | bass (solo part) | bass (choir part) | soprano (solo part) | soprano (choir part) | tenor (solo part) | tenor (choir part) | voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons) | vocal music for unspecified voice type | |||
Winds and battery (bold = soloist) | ||||||||||||
Bas | Bel | Cnt | Fl | Hn | Ob | Oba | Odc | Tai | Tbn | Tdt | Tmp | Tr |
bassoon (can be part of Bc, see below) | bell(s) (musical bells) | cornett, cornettino | flute (traverso, flauto dolce, piccolo, flauto basso) | natural horn, corno da caccia, corno da tirarsi, lituo | oboe | oboe d'amore | oboe da caccia | taille | trombone | tromba da tirarsi | timpani | tromba (natural trumpet, clarino trumpet) |
Strings and keyboard (bold = soloist) | ||||||||||||
Bc | Hc | Kb | Lu | Lw | Org | Str | Va | Vc | Vdg | Vl | Vne | |
basso continuo: Vdg, Hc, Vc, Bas, Org, Vne and/or Lu | harpsichord | keyboard (Hc, Lw, Org or clavichord) | lute, theorbo | Lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord) | organ (/man. = manualiter, without pedals) | strings: Vl I, Vl II and Va | viola(s), viola d'amore, violetta | violoncello, violoncello piccolo | viola da gamba | violin(s), violino piccolo | violone, violone grosso |
Colour | Meaning |
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green | extant or clearly documented partial or complete manuscript (copy) by Bach and/or first edition under Bach's supervision |
yellow | extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) or print edition, in whole or in part, by close relative, i.e. brother (J. Christoph), wife (A. M.), son (W. F. / C. P. E. / J. C. F. / J. Christian) or son-in-law (Altnickol) |
orange-brown | extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) by close friend and/or pupil (Kellner, Krebs, Kirnberger, Walther, ...), or distant family member |
BWV | 2a | Date | Name | Key | Scoring | BG | NBE | Additional info | BD |
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1001 | 10. | 1720 | Sonatas and partitas for solo violin No. 1: Sonata No. 1 | G min. | Vl | 271: 3 | VI/1: 3 rev 3: 3 | → BWV 1000, 539/2 | 01179 |
1002 | 10. | 1720 | Partitas and sonatas for solo violin No. 2: Partita No. 1 | B min. | Vl | 271: 3 | VI/1: 10 rev 3: 10 | 01180 | |
1003 | 10. | 1720 | Sonatas and partitas for solo violin No. 3: Sonata No. 2 | A min. | Vl | 271: 3 | VI/1: 20 rev 3: 20 | → BWV 964 | 01181 |
1004 | 10. | 1720 | Partitas and sonatas for solo violin No. 4: Partita No. 2 | D min. | Vl | 271: 3 | VI/1: 30 rev 3: 30 | 01182 | |
1005 | 10. | 1720 | Sonatas and partitas for solo violin No. 5: Sonata No. 3 | C maj. | Vl | 271: 3 | VI/1: 42 rev 3: 42 | after "Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott"; → BWV 968 | 01183 |
1006.1 | 10. | 1720 | Partitas and sonatas for solo violin No. 6: Partita No. 3 | E maj. | Vl | 271: 3 | VI/1: 54 rev 3: 54 | → BWV 1006.2, 29/1 and 120a/4 | 01184 |
1007 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 1 | G maj. | Vc | 271: 59 | VI/2: 2 | 01186 | |
1008 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 2 | D min. | Vc | 271: 59 | VI/2: 8 | 01187 | |
1009 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 3 | C maj. | Vc | 271: 59 | VI/2:14 | 01188 | |
1010 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 4 | E♭ maj. | Vc | 271: 59 | VI/2: 22 | 01189 | |
1011 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 5 | C min. | Vc | 271: 59 | VI/2: 32 | → BWV 995 | 01190 |
1012 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 6 | D maj. | Vc | 271: 59 | VI/2:40 | 01191 | |
1013 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Partita for flute | A min. | Fl | VI/3: 3 | 01192 | ||
1014 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 1 | B min. | Vl Hc | 9: 69 | VI/1: 83 rev 3: 83 | 01193 | |
1015 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 2 | A maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 84 | VI/1: 99 rev 3: 99 | 01194 | |
1016 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 3 | E maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 98 | VI/1: 115 rev 3: 115 | 01195 | |
1017 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 4 | C min. | Vl Hc | 9: 120 | VI/1: 136 rev 3: 136 | 01196 | |
1018.2 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 5 | F min. | Vl Hc | 9: 136 | VI/1: 153 rev 3: 153 | after BWV 1018.1 | 01197 |
1018.1 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Adagio, early version of BWV 1018/3 | F min. | Vl Hc | 9: 250 | VI/1: 195 rev 3: 194 | → BWV 1018.2/3 | 01198 |
1019.3 | 10. | after 1729? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 6 | G maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 154 | VI/1: 172 rev 3: 172 | after BWV 1019.2 | 01200 |
1019.1 | 10. | 1725 | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 6, early version 1 (partially lost) | 9: 252 | VI/1: 197 rev 3: 196 | → BWV 830/3, /6, 1019.2 | 01199 | ||
1019.2 | c. 1730–1731 | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 6, early version 2 | VI/1: 197 rev 3: 218 | after BWV 1019.1, 120.1/4; → BWV 1019.3 | 11577 | ||||
1021 | 10. | 1732–1733 | Sonata for violin and continuo | G maj. | Vl Bc | VI/1: 65 rev 3: 65 | → BWV 1022, 1038 | 01202 | |
1023 | 10. | c.1714–1717? | Sonata for violin and continuo | E min. | Vl Bc | 431: 31 | VI/1: 73 rev 3: 73 | 01204 | |
1025.1 | 10. | after 1739? | Suite for violin and keyboard | A maj. | Vl Kb | 9: 43 | VI/5: 67 | after Weiss; → BWV 1025.2 | 11578 |
1025.2 | 10. | c. 1746–1747? | Suite for violin and keyboard (incomplete) | A maj. | Vl Kb | 9: 43 | VI/5: 97 | after BWV 1025.1 | 01206 |
1026 | 10. | c.1714–1717 | Fugue for violin and continuo | G min. | Vl Bc | 431: 39 | VI/5: 59 | 01207 | |
1027 | 10. | c.1742 | Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 1 | G maj. | Gam Hc | 9: 175 | VI/4: 3 | after BWV 1039; → 1027/1a /2a /4a | 01208 |
1028 | 10. | Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 2 | D maj. | Gam Hc | 9: 175 | VI/4: 21 | 01210 | ||
1029 | 10. | Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 3 | G min. | Gam Hc | 9: 175 | VI/4: 36 | → BWV 545b | 01211 | |
1030.2 | 10. | 1736–1737 | Sonata for flute and harpsichord | B min. | Fl Hc | 9: 3 | VI/3: 33 | after BWV 1030.1 | 11579 |
1030.1 | 10. | 1717–1736 | Sonata for unknown instrument and harpsichord | G min. | v Hc | VI/3: 89 | → BWV 1030.2 | 01212 | |
1032 | 10. | 1736–1737 | Sonata for flute and harpsichord (/1 incomplete) | A maj. | Fl Hc | 9: 32, 245 | VI/3: 54 | → BWV 525a | 01214 |
1034 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for flute and continuo | E min. | Fl Bc | 431: 9 | VI/3: 11 | 01216 | |
1035 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for flute and continuo | E maj. | Fl Bc | 431: 21 | VI/3: 23 | 01217 | |
1039 | 10. | 1708–1726 | Sonata | G maj. | 2Fl Bc | 9: 260 | VI/3: 71 | → BWV 1027 | 01221 |
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