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Masses, Passions, Oratorios is the subject of the second series of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe (NBA, New Bach Edition), [1] a publication of Johann Sebastian Bach's music from 1954 to 2007. In the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions) masses, passions and oratorios refers to two chapters:
BWV 745 – Aus der Tiefe rufe ich (not by Bach, composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) BWV 746 – Christ ist erstanden (not by Bach, composed by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer) BWV 747 – Christus, der uns selig macht; BWV 748 – Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei (not by Bach, composed by Johann Gottfried Walther)
Bach's chorale harmonisations are all for a four-part choir (SATB), but Riemenschneider's and Terry's collections contain one 5-part SSATB choral harmonisation (Welt, ade! ich bin dein müde, Riemenscheider No. 150, Terry No. 365), not actually by Bach, but used by Bach as the concluding chorale to cantata Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende, BWV 27.
The Prelude in F minor of The Well-Tempered Clavier book 1, in the BGA known as Vol. 14, p. 44, over eighty years before it was given the number 857 in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. In the 2nd half of the 19th century the Bach-Gesellschaft (BG) published all Bach's works in around 50 volumes, the so-called Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA). [3]
W YA50 \ Fugue on BACH for organ in F major W YB22 \ Violin Sonata Op. 20 No.2 in D major W YB43 \ Trio for flute or violin, violin & continuo in B flat major W YB47 \ Trio for flute, flute or violin & cello in C major W YC90 \ Keyboard Concerto in E flat major W YC91 \ Keyboard Concerto in A major W YLA3 \ Keyboard Sonata in D major
The best known of these, "Bist du bei mir", was however not composed by Bach. An aria by Bach was rediscovered in the 21st century, and was assigned the number BWV 1127. [2] Further hymn settings and arias by Bach are included in his cantatas, motets, masses, passions, oratorios and chorale harmonisations (BWV 1–438
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, (popularly known as the Little Fugue), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach's best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including an orchestral version by Leopold Stokowski.
In Bach's time figural music referred to more advanced vocal church music, usually accompanied by instrumental forces, such as his motets, church cantatas and passions. [1] The vocal and instrumental forces used by Bach for the performance of such music are to a certain extent documented for all the periods of his life.