See List of compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach for the complete list of Bach compositions - the present list only lists those compositions by Bach that were printed during his lifetime: since some of these editions got a bit scattered over the BWV catalogue, this list is only intended to provide information regarding how Bach went about for the publication of his own works. The BWV numbers given here for the works of Johann Sebastian Bach are from Bach-Werke Verzeichnis by Wolfgang Schmieder, a thematic catalogue of Bachs works. ... BWV, or Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue) is the numbering system used to identify musical works by Johann Sebastian Bach. ...

Note that in Bach's time "printing" and "publication" was not always completely the same: compositions could circulate in manuscript, and be copied by hand, which was also a kind of publication: e.g. the Well-Tempered Clavier was "published" in this sense, before it was printed for the first time, nearly half a century after the composer's death. Title-page of Das wohtemperierte Klavier A flat major (As-dur) fugue from the second part of Das wohtemperierte Klavier (manuscript) The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das wohltemperierte Klavier in German -- Klavier means piano, but the English word clavier (which means keyboard) looks more like the German title) consists of two...

Note that the scores of more extended vocal and orchestral works were less often published in print in Bach's time, at least as far as Bach's music is concerned: such scores were generally rather intended for local use and/or expenses for printing all the parts were too high. However, textbooks of the special Easter and/or Christmas services, celebrated in the churches for which Bach composed music in Leipzig were regularly printed (e.g. Music for Easter, 1931; Christmas Oratorio, 1934;...) - as these publications only contain texts without music notation, they are not further considered in this article. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ...

Clavier-Übung I

For harpsichord, published in installments from 1726 to 1730: Six partitas, BWV 825-830: A harpsichord is the general term for a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument nowadays called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals, the muselar virginals and the spinet. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births July 12 - Josiah Wedgwood, potter (died 1795) July 26 - Charles Messier, astronomer (died 1817) November 23 - William... Partita was originally the name for a single instrumental piece of music (16th and 17th centuries), but Johann Kuhnau and later German composers (notably Bach) used it for collections of musical pieces, as a synonym for suite. ...

1. Fall 1726: Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
2. Easter 1727: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
3. Michaelmas 1727: Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
4. 1728: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
5. 1730: Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
6. 1730: Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

In 1731 these partitas were collectively published as Clavier-Übung ("Keyboard Exercise") Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ...

Clavier-Übung II

For harpsichord - published 1735: Events 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ...

• Italian concerto, BWV 971
• French Overture, BWV 831

Remarkably, the Italian Concerto became one of Bach's all-time favourites, while the French Overture almost fell in oblivition, despite being a more mature work than the six other "French" harpsichord Suites Six suites for keyboard, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1722. ... Overture (The Who) is also a song by the rock band The Who. ... In music, a suite is an organized set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed at a single sitting. ...

See also

• http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachbib/review/bb-review_CU2facs.html

Geistliche Lieder und Arien aus Musicalisches Gesangbuch G.C. Schemelli

69 Sacred Songs and Arias for Georg Christion Schemelli's Musical Song Book, which contained in total 954 song-texts, for voice and an accompaniment written down as a figured bass. Not all 69 melodies were composed by Bach, but he provided (or "improved") a thorough bass accompaniment for all of them, BWV 439-507. Songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is a kind of integer musical notation used to indicate intervallic content (the intervals which make up a sonority), later chords, in relation to a bass note. ... Songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach. ...

Schemellis Gesangbuch was published in 1736, and contains some of Bach's probably least known compositions. Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...

Source

• Brilliant Classics, CD No. 99361/5 and 99361/6 (CD 14 and 15 from "Bach Edition")

Clavier-Übung III

For organ - published 1739: An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... Events March 20 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor September 9 - Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston September 18 - Treaty of Belgrade signed October 3 - Treaty of Nissa signed October 23 - Great Britain declares war...

• Prelude of Prelude and fugue in E-flat major, BWV552
• German Kyrie and Gloria settings, BWV 669-677
• Catechism chorales, BWV 678-689
• Four duets, BWV 802-805
• Fugue of Prelude and fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552

See also

• http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/ubung.html
• http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/~tomita/essay/cu3.html

Clavier-Übung IV

For harpsichord - published 1741: the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Events April 10 – Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz December 19 – Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 – Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius William Browning invents mineral water Elizabeth of Russia became czarina. ... For the novel by Nancy Huston, see The Goldberg Variations (novel). ...

Musikalisches Opfer

Published 1747, after a visit to Frederick the Great: The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 3 - Battle of Cape Finisterre... Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große, Frederick the Great, January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was the Hohenzollern king of Prussia 1740–86. ... The Musical Offering (German title Musikalisches Opfer or Das Musikalische Opfer) is a collection of canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a musical theme by Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) and dedicated to him. ...

For diverse instruments, including a triosonate for flute, violin and continuo. This article pertains to the musical instrument. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. ... Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is a kind of integer musical notation used to indicate intervallic content (the intervals which make up a sonority), later chords, in relation to a bass note. ...

Kunst der Fuge

In preparation for print when the composer died (1750): The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex to... The Art of Fugue or The Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080, is an unfinished work by Johann Sebastian Bach composed in 1748-1749 and published after his death in 1750. ...

Both instrumentation and performance order of the fugues and canons contained in this work remain subject to debate amongst scholars. For the use of the word in psychology see fugue state In music, a fugue is a type of piece written in counterpoint for several independent musical voices. ... Canon can mean: A rule adopted by an ecumenical council of the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches. ...

Amore traditore

It is uncertain whether Bach supervised the publication of his secular cantate Amore traditore, BWV 203, in a now lost volume containing Italian cantates by various composers. The publication date of that omnibus volume is equally unknown. Apart from Bach's cantate for voice and harpsichord accompaniment, the volume is supposed to have contained works by Telemann, Heinichen, Conti, and others. This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14, 1681–June 25, 1767) was a German Baroque music composer, born in Magdeburg. ...