Bach works directory
The Bach Works Directory ( BWV ) is the best known directory of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach . It is arranged thematically and was presented in its first version in 1950 by the musicologist Wolfgang Schmieder . For the sacred cantatas, Schmieder followed the sequence of the Bach edition, the numbering of which had already become established; further groups of vocal works followed, followed by compositions for organ and harpsichord as well as chamber and orchestral music. The individual groups of works initially begin with cycles (if they exist) or other more representative groups and are then followed by individually traditional works.
Since then, the directory has undergone some additions and corrections, but its basic structure has not changed. Since more of Bach's works have since been found, while others have been proven to be inauthentic, the numbering is partly incomplete and after the number 1080 has been added works that are outside the appropriate number ranges. There is also a multi-part directory appendix with dubious works.
A new edition is planned for 2020.
Another directory of Bach's works is the Bach Compendium .
Vocal works - BWV 1–524
Cantatas, BWV 1–224
- BWV 1–200 - Sacred Cantatas
- BWV 201–224 - Secular Cantatas
Motets, BWV 225-231
- BWV 225 - Sing to the Lord a new song, for two four-part mixed choirs
- BWV 226 - The spirit helps our weakness
- BWV 227 - Jesus, my joy
- BWV 228 - Do not be afraid, I am with you
- BWV 229 - Come, Jesus, come
- BWV 230 - Praise the Lord, all Gentiles
- BWV 231 - Be praised and praised with honor (first movement by Telemann)
Masses, BWV 232–236
- BWV 232 - Mass in B minor
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Lutheran masses
- BWV 233 - F major
- BWV 234 - A major
- BWV 235 - G minor
- BWV 236 - G major
Individual measurement sets, BWV 237–242
- BWV 237 - Sanctus in C major
- BWV 238 - Sanctus in D major
- BWV 239 - Sanctus in D minor
- BWV 240 - Kyrie eleison, Christe du Lamm Gottes
- BWV 241 - Sanctus in D major
- BWV 242 - Christe eleison in G minor
Magnificat, Passions, Oratorios, BWV 243–249
- BWV 243 - Magnificat
- BWV 244 - St. Matthew Passion
- BWV 245 - St. John Passion
- BWV 246 - St. Luke Passion (mostly not by Bach)
- BWV 247 - St. Mark's Passion (only text preserved, music lost)
- BWV 248 - Christmas Oratorio , cycle of six cantatas
- BWV 249 - Come, hurry and run (" Easter Oratorio ")
- BWV 249a - Escape, disappear, escape, your worries (cantata for the birthday of Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels on February 23, 1725)
- BWV 249b - Chased away, scattered, shattered, you stars. The celebration of the genius (cantata for the birthday of Count von Flemming on August 25, 1726)
Four-part choral movements, BWV 250–438
- BWV 250–252 Three chorales for weddings
- BWV 253–438 - 371 Four-part chorale movements (four-part collection, edited by Kirnberger and C. Ph. E. Bach)
Songs and Arias, BWV 439-524
- BWV 439–507 - Sacred songs and arias from Schemelli's hymn book
- BWV 478 Come on, sweet death
- BWV 508-518 - Arias and songs from the second music book by Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
- BWV 519–523 - Five sacred songs
- BWV 524 - Quodlibet
Organ Works - BWV 525–771
Works not linked to chorales, BWV 525-598
- BWV 525-530 - Trio Sonatas
- BWV 531–552 - Preludes and Fugues (e.g. Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552 )
- BWV 553-560 - Eight little preludes and fugues (are ascribed to Johann Tobias Krebs or Johann Ludwig Krebs )
- BWV 561-563 - Fantasies and Fugues
- BWV 564 - Toccata in C major
- BWV 565 - Toccata and Fugue in D minor
- BWV 566 - Toccata in E major (version in C major as BWV 566a)
- BWV 567-569 - Individual Preludes
- BWV 570–573 - Individual Fantasies
- BWV 574-581 - Individual joints
- BWV 582 - Passacaglia in C minor
- BWV 583-586 - Trios (BWV 585 by Fasch, BWV 586 by Telemann)
- BWV 587-591 - individual works (BWV 587 after Couperin; authenticity disputed)
- BWV 592–597 - Six concerts by different masters (arrangements; the sixth probably not by Bach)
- BWV 598 - Pedal Exercitium (fragment)
Choral movements, BWV 599–771
- BWV 599–644 - Little Organ Book
- BWV 645–650 - Schübler chorales
- BWV 651–668 - Leipzig chorales ( "Eighteen chorales of various kinds" )
- BWV 669–689 - Choral arrangements from the third part of the keyboard exercise
- BWV 690–713a - Kirnberger chorales
- BWV 714–740 - Choral arrangements
- BWV 741–765 - Choral Preludes
- BWV 766–768 - Partitas
- BWV 769 - Canonical changes on " Vom Himmel hoch "
- BWV 770 - Partite divere sopra “ Oh what should I do as a sinner? "
- BWV 771 - Variations on " God alone in the height 'be honor' "
Harpsichord works - BWV 772–994
Works for two and three parts, BWV 772–805
- BWV 772–786 - Two-part inventions
- BWV 787–801 - Three-part symphonies
- BWV 802–805 - Four duets (for one keyboard instrument; from keyboard exercise, part III )
Suites, BWV 806–845
- BWV 806–811 - English suites
- BWV 812–817 - French suites
- BWV 818–824 - Various suites
- BWV 825–830 - Six Partitas
- BWV 831 - Partita in B minor (from keyboard exercise part II )
- BWV 832–845 - individual works (BWV 840 by Telemann)
Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846–962
- BWV 846–869 - The Well-Tempered Clavier , 1st part
- BWV 870–893 - The Well-Tempered Clavier , Part 2
- BWV 894–902a - Preludes and Fugues
- BWV 903–909 - Fantasies and Fugues (including the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue )
- BWV 910-916 - Toccatas
- BWV 917–923 - Fantasies and Preludes
- BWV 924–932 - Nine little preludes from the Clavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- BWV 933–938 - Six little preludes
- BWV 939–943 - Five little preludes
- BWV 944–962 - Fugen
Sonatas, Concerts, Variations, BWV 963–994
- BWV 963-967 - Sonatas
- BWV 968–970 - Other individual works
- BWV 971 - Italian Concerto (from keyboard exercise part II )
- BWV 972–987 - Sixteen concerts by different masters
- BWV 988 - Goldberg Variations (from keyboard exercise part IV )
- BWV 989–991 - Various arias and variations
- BWV 992 - Capriccio in B flat major " sopra la lontananza de il fratro dilettissimo "
- BWV 993 - Capriccio in E major
- BWV 994 - Applicatio in C major (from the Clavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach )
Chamber music - BWV 995-1040
Works for lute, BWV 995–1000, 1006a
- BWV 995 - Suite in G minor
- BWV 996 - Suite in E minor
- BWV 997 - Suite in C minor
- BWV 998 - Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major
- BWV 999 - Prelude in C minor
- BWV 1000 - Fugue in G minor
- BWV 1006a - Suite in E major
Works for a solo instrument, BWV 1001–1013
- BWV 1001–1006 - Sonatas and partitas for solo violin
- BWV 1007–1012 - Suites for Solo Cello
- BWV 1013 - Suite for flute solo in A minor
Sonatas with harpsichord or continuo, BWV 1014-1040
- BWV 1014-1019 - Sonatas for violin and harpsichord (collection)
- BWV 1020-1026 - Individual works for violin and harpsichord or continuo
- BWV 1027-1029 - Sonatas for viol and harpsichord
- BWV 1027a - Trio for Organ
- BWV 1030-1032 - Three sonatas for flute and obbligato harpsichord
- BWV 1033-1035 - Three sonatas for flute and continuo
- BWV 1036-1040 - Sonatas for two instruments and harpsichord
Orchestral works - BWV 1041-1071
Concerts, BWV 1041-1065
- BWV 1041 - Violin Concerto in A minor
- BWV 1042 - Violin Concerto in E major
- BWV 1043 - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor
- BWV 1044 - Triple Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Violin and Strings in A minor
- BWV 1045 - Concerto in D major (fragment)
- BWV 1046-1051 - Brandenburg Concerts
- BWV 1052-1059 - Concerts for harpsichord and orchestra
- BWV 1060-1065 - Concerts for two, three or four harpsichords and orchestra
Suites, BWV 1066-1071
- BWV 1066-1071 - orchestral suites
Counterpoint works - BWV 1072-1080
- BWV 1072-1078 - Canons
- BWV 1079 - Musical sacrifice
- BWV 1080 - The Art of Fugue
Other works
Compositions classified later, BWV 1081–1128
The directory numbers after 1080 were only inserted after the original creation of the Bach works directory (1950) and later contain works by JS Bach.
- BWV 1081-1089 - Additions (BWV 1083 " Tilge, Höchst, Meine Sünden " after Pergolesis Stabat mater , BWV 1087 - Various canons )
- BWV 1090–1120 - Organ choirs from the Neumeister Collection
- BWV 1121–1126 - Further additions
- BWV 1127 - Everything with God and nothing without him, aria for soprano
- BWV 1128 - Where the Lord God does not stop with us, chorale fantasy for organ
Appendix I - Fragments and Lost Works, BWV Anh. 1–23
- BWV Anh. 1–19 - Various cantatas
- BWV Anh. 20 - Latin Ode
- BWV Anh. 21 - Magnificat (from Telemann)
- BWV Anh. 22 - Oboe Concerto (only subject retained)
- BWV Anh. 23 - Concerto in E minor (only continuo part received)
Appendix II - Dubious Works, BWV Anh. 24–155
- BWV Anh. 24–41 - Vocal works
- BWV Anh. 42–79 - Organ Works
- BWV Anh. 80–152 - Harpsichord works
- BWV Anh. 153–155 - Chamber music
Appendix III - Incorrectly attributed works, BWV Anh. 156-189
- BWV Anh. 156–170 - Vocal works (including BWV Anh. 159: Motet I won't let you, you may bless me after all)
- BWV Anh. 171–183 - Works for keyboard instruments
- BWV Anh. 184-189 - Chamber music
Later additions to the appendix, BWV appendix 190–213
- BWV Anh. 190–200 - Lost Works and Fragments
- BWV Anh. 201–207 - Doubtful works
- BWV Anh. 208 - Incorrectly attributed works
- BWV Anh. 209-213 - BWV 1998
- BWV deest
- BWV deest BC
- BWV deest Emans
- BWV deest Kast Bach Inc.
- BWV deest series
The term “deest” ( Latin for “missing”) refers to works that are not listed in the list of works, but that can be identified elsewhere. If necessary, the source of identification is indicated afterwards.
literature
- Alfred Dörffel: Thematic directory of the instrumental works of Johann Sebastian Bach . CF Peters, Leipzig 1882 [forerunner of BWV] archive.org
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Wolfgang Schmieder : Bach Works Directory (BWV). Thematic-systematic directory of the musical works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Edition, Wiesbaden 1950, Breitkopf & Härtel; XXII, 747 pp.
- Edition, revised and expanded, Wiesbaden 1990, Breitkopf & Härtel; XLVI, 1014 pp. ISBN 3-7651-0255-5 .
Web links
- Bach-Digital.de Bach works directory, source catalog and digital copies
- Bach works directory, at IMSLP with links to the scores
- Klassika.info - catalog raisonné and information on J. S. Bach
- The works of Johann Sebastian Bach bachdiskographie.de (private website)
Individual evidence
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↑ The painting hung in the Thomas School for many decades. In the second half of the 19th century it was “freshened up” and repainted several times, with part of the original expression being lost or blurred. In 1913 the original came to the Leipzig City History Museum , where attempts were made to remove the overpainting as best as possible. A copy of the picture from 1746 made by Haußmann himself in 1748 was initially in the possession of CPE Bach, was then considered lost for a long time and was acquired in 1952 by William H. Scheide (Princeton, New Jersey), who bought the picture after his death in 2014 bequeathed to the Leipzig Bach Archive in his will .
The two Haußmann pictures are the only pictures in which Bach's identity is clearly established; in all other portraits that are ascribed to Bach, the assignment is uncertain. See The Face Of Bach ( Memento from July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Bach's identity is secured in the Haußmann paintings because he is holding his own composition in his hand, the canon triplex a 6 voci (six-part triple canon, BWV 1087), an artful canonical variation on the theme of the arias Goldberg Variations. See youtube.com ( Memento from July 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). - ↑ Leipzig Bach Archive
- ↑ Die Musikforschung , vol. 21/1968, p. 44