This article lists the fugal works of Johann Sebastian Bach, defined here as the fugues, fughettas, and canons, as well as other works containing fugal expositions but not denoted as fugues, such as some choral sections of the Mass in B minor, the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion, and the cantatas.
This sub-list of the complete list of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach is intended to facilitate the study of Bach's counterpoint techniques. Each work cited in this list will be annotated with the fugal subject(s) and any countersubjects in musical notation.
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01 | BWV | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (lit. 'Bach-works-catalogue'; BWV) numbers. Anhang (Annex; Anh.) numbers are indicated as follows: |
02 | 2a | Section in which the composition appears in BWV2a:
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03 | 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. |
04 | 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, ...) |
05 | Key | Key of the composition |
06 | Scoring | See scoring table below for the abbreviations used in this column |
07 | 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.[3] |
08 | 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:[4]
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09 | 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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12. | Canons (see also: List of canons by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Up ↑ | |||||||
1072 | 12. | Canon trias harmonica a 8 | D maj. | 8V | 451: 131 | VIII/1: 3, 6 | [5][6] | 01258 | |
1073 | 12. | 1713-08-02 | Canon â 4. Voc: perpetuus | A min. | 4V | 451: 132 | VIII/1: 3 | in US-CAh bMS Eng 870 (35b)[7][8][9][10][11] | 01259 |
1074 | 12. | 1727 | Canon a 4 (for Ludwig Friedrich Hudemann [de]) | A min. | 4V | 451: 134 | VIII/1: 3 | [12][13] [5][9][14][15][16][17] |
01260 |
1075 | 12. | 1734-01-10 | Canon a 2. perpetuus | D maj. | 2V | VIII/1: 3 | [9] | 01261 | |
1076 | 12. | 1746 | Canon triplex a 6 | G maj. | 6V | 451: 138 | VIII/1: 3 | after BWV 1087/13 [18][19][20][21] [5][22][23][24][25][26] |
01262 |
1077 | 12. | 1747-10-15 | Canone doppio sopr' il soggetto (dedicated to Johann Fulde [de]) | G maj. | 4V Bc | VIII/1: 4 IX/2: 81 |
after BWV 1087/11[27][9][26][28] | 01263 | |
1078 | 12. | 1749-03-01 | Canon Fa Mi, et Mi Fa est Tota Musica, a.k.a. Canon super Fa Mi, a 7. post Tempus Musicum | F maj. | 7V Bc | 451: 136 | VIII/1: 4 | in SBB P 611[9][29][30] | 01264 |
1086 | 12. | 1750? | Canon Concordia discors | D maj. | 2V | VIII/1: 4 III/1: VIII |
in SLB Dresden R 291s[5][31][32][33][34] | 01272 | |
1087 | 12. | 1747/1748 or earlier | 14 Canons on the first eight notes of the Goldberg ground | G maj. | 6V | V/2: 119 | after BWV 988/1; /11 → BWV 1077; /13 → 1076; in BN Paris Ms. 17669, Bl. 18v [18][35][36][37][38][39] |
01273 | |
13. | Musical Offering, Art of the Fugue (see also: List of late contrapuntal works by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Up ↑ | |||||||
1079 | 13. | 1747-07-07 | Musical Offering | Kb Fl 2Vl Bc | 312 | VIII/1: 46 | [40] | 01265 | |
1080.1 | 13. | 1742–1749 | The Art of Fugue (autograph) | Hc (?) | 251 | VIII/2.1 | → BWV 1080.2 | 01266 | |
1080.2 | c. 1747–1748 | The Art of Fugue (print version) | 47 | VIII/2.2 | after BWV 1080.1[41] | 11581 |