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Bach's autograph of the traversière part of the second orchestral suite (BWV 1067). The four orchestral suites BWV 1066–1069 (called ouvertures by their composer) are four suites by Johann Sebastian Bach from the years 1724–1731.
Orchestral Suite No. 1: C maj. 2Ob Bas Str Bc 31 1: 3 VII/1: 3 Ouverture Courante 2Gavotte Forlane 2Minuet 2Bourrée 2Passepied 01252: 1067 11. 1738–1739 Orchestral Suite No. 2: B min. Fl Str Bc 31 1: 24 VII/1: 27 Ouverture Rondeau Sarabande 2Bourrée 2Polonaise Minuet Badinerie 01253: 1068 11. c.1730 Orchestral Suite No. 3: D maj. 3Tr Tmp ...
English Suites, BWV 806–811; French Suites, BWV 812–817; Partitas for keyboard, BWV 825–830; Overture in the French style, BWV 831; Other: Miscellaneous suites, BWV 818–824; Miscellaneous suites and suite movements, BWV 832–845
Bach's titular reference to scoring the concertos for "several instruments" has drawn commentary. Christoph Wolff treats it as an understatement, observing that Bach used the "widest imaginable spectrum of orchestral instruments. The modest title does not begin to suggest the degree of innovation exhibited in the daring combinations ...
There are over 1500 works that feature in a catalogue of works by Bach, like the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, or in a collection of works associated with Bach (e.g. in one of the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach). Of these around a thousand are original compositions by Bach, that is: more than a mere copy or transcription of an earlier work by ...
"Sheep may safely graze" (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach to words by Salomon Franck.The piece was written in 1713 and is part of the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Only the lively hunt pleases me), also known as the Hunting Cantata.
BWV 1036 – Sonata in D minor for 2 violins and basso continuo (now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) [3] BWV 1037 – Sonata in C major for 2 violins and basso continuo (now attributed to Johann Gottlieb Goldberg) [3] BWV 1038 – Sonata in G major for flute, violin and basso continuo (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach) [3]
Edward Elgar transcribed Bach's Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 for orchestra; Sergei Rachmaninoff made a transcription of the Violin Partita in E major, BWV 1006, including the following movements: prelude, gavotte and gigue. Max Reger and Walter Morse Rummel both made many transcriptions of Bach works.