Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Carolus (2010/10/8)

Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Colin Carr (cello)
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Vangi (2018/4/1)

Performer Pages Pierre Fournier (cello)
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Performers Pierre Fournier
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Thomas Auner (2011/3/17)

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Misc. Notes original flute ensemble transcription by Hideo KAMIOKA, synthesized audio file performance
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For Piano (Novegno)

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Travelsbypiano (2011/9/1)

5 more: 2. Allemande • 3. Courante • 4. Sarabande • 5. Gavotte I / 6. Gavotte II • 7. Gigue

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Travelsbypiano (2011/9/1)

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Misc. Notes original piano transcription by Roberto Novegno, synthesized audio file performance
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Sarabande (No.4)

For 3 Recorders (Tennent)

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Sheet Music

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shikamoo (2006/8/25)

Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 27.1 (pp.87-94)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1879. Plate B.W. XXVII (1).
Reprinted Complete Suites for Unaccompanied Cello and Sonatas for Viola da gamba
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1988.
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Carolus (2009/8/13)

Editor Julius Klengel (1859-1933)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 22879.
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Editor Hugo Becker (1863-1941)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238, n.d.(ca.1911). Plate 9148.
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VSholokhova (2007/8/21)

Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.
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Misc. Notes pp.40-52 of an unidentified edition
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Editor Hans Eppstein (1911-2008)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VI, Band 2 (pp.40-51, 92-103)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1988. Plate BA 5068.
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Misc. Notes Text I: Based on the copies by Anna Magdalena Bach, Johann Peter Kellner.
Text II: Based on anonymous copy (2nd half 18th century)
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Editor Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
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Misc. Notes Based on the copies by Anna Magdalena Bach, Johann Peter Kellner.
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Misc. Notes Transposed down a fifth into G major for easy playing on a normal (four-string) cello. The 46 notes which now lie out of range (too low) have required some octave transpositions. More information about this transposition, along with "clean" versions (without bowings or fingerings) and an edition for a 5-string cello, are available at cellofun.eu. For best results, print on A4-size paper
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Misc. Notes Here the four known manuscript sources have been typeset and laid out in score form, principally so that the slurs and other indications can be easily compared with each other. We have tried to reproduce as closely as possible the ambiguities in the placements and shapes of the slurs of the original manuscripts. This was made more difficult because of the many different and redundant clefs used for this Suite in the manuscripts. The Suite is transposed down a fifth into G major for reasons that are explained on the cellofun.eu website. For best results, print on A4-size paper.
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Prélude (No.1)

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Misc. Notes In G major, with several changes compared to the preserved sources.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Cello or Viola and Piano (Schumann and Stade)

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Arranger Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817-1902)
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, n.d.[1864]. Plate G. 97 H.
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Generoso (2012/7/12)

Arranger Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Editor Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817-1902)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, n.d. [1871].
Reprinted Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 7311.
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For Cello and Piano (Grädener)

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Generoso (2012/7/12)

Arranger Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812-1883)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: H. Pohle, n.d.[1871]. Plate H.P. 115.
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For Flute (Kamioka)

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For Violin (Yokoyama)

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Shin-Itchiro (2013/2/26)

Arranger Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
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Misc. Notes This is the transposed version of arranged version in G major for 4-string cello. See also Editor's Notes
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For Viola (Esparza Dévora)

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Arranger Francisco Antonio Esparza Dévora (b. 2000)
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Misc. Notes D major version, with sutile octave changes and chord readaptations
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For Viola (Yokoyama)

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Misc. Notes 2 versions: Original key (in D major) and transposed a 5th lower (in G major). Both versions are without slurs. See also Editor's Notes
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For Guitar (Kuokkanen)

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Misc. Notes Originally D major
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For Piano (Novegno)

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Arranger Roberto Novegno (b. 1981)
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For Piano (Raff)

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Cypressdome (2011/6/16)

Arranger Joachim Raff (1822-1882)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig and Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, n.d.[1871]. Plate 620f.
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For Celesta or Toy Piano (Isida)

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6 more: II. Allemande • III. Courante • IV. Sarabande • V. Gavotte I • VI. Gavotte II • VII. Gigue

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Arranger Kazue Rockzaemon Isida
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Misc. Notes G-C, 42 keys
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For 3-7 Cellos (Orefice)

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Arranger Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
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Misc. Notes BWV1012 double canon structure for 3 Cellos unveiled (and canon for 7 cellos for the Gigue)
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For Cello and Piano (Smith)

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Generoso (2010/5/22)

Arranger Leo Smith (1881-1952)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1915. Plate 24591-92.
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Prelude (No.1)

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For Violin (Berrocal)

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Misc. Notes Prélude in D major. With several changes compared to the preserved sources.
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For Viola (Berrocal)

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Misc. Notes Prélude in G major. With several changes compared to the preserved sources.
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For Celesta or Toy Piano (Isida)

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Misc. Notes C-C, 25 keys
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Allemande (No.2)

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Arranger Elaine Fine (b. 1959)
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Misc. Notes All articulations and dynamics are personal, and can be adjusted to taste.
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Sarabande (No.4)

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Arranger Hideo Kamioka (b. 1958)
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Caratelli)

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For 3 Recorders (Tennent)

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For Cello or Violin and Piano (Cink)

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Schalltrichter (2019/6/1)

Arranger Antoni Cink (1863-1933)
Publisher. Info. Répertoire des Pièces Level 5 No.5
Warsaw: Gebethner and Wolff, n.d. Plate G. 5482 W.
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The violin part(s) is in 1st to 3rd position.
Slightly more complicated arr than the Hermann
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For Violin and Piano (Hermann)

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Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828-1907)
Publisher. Info. Klassische Stücke, Band 1 (No.1)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 8048.
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For Piano (Foote)

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Notenquetser (2015/8/28)

Arranger Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
Publisher. Info. Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1885. Plate A.P.S. & Co. 645.
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Misc. Notes Also includes the Courante from the Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
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For Piano (Presser)

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Schnittkease (2020/7/31)

Arranger Theodore Presser (1848-1925)
Editor James Francis Cooke (1875-1960)
Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1871-1948), assistant editor
Publisher. Info. The Etude, Vol.44 No.1 (January 1926, p.33)
Philadelphia: Theo. Presser Co., 1925.
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For Organ (Eyken)

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Arranger G.J. van Eyken (1832-1879)
Publisher. Info. London: Augener & Co., n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 2479.
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Gavottes (Nos.5, 6)

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Generoso (2011/7/7)

Arranger Adolf Grünwald (1826-1901)
Otto Standke (1832-1885)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 11101.
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For Piano 4 hands (Winkler)

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Morel (2011/11/12)

Arranger Louis Winkler (1820-1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No.11073, n.d.
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For Guitar (Nesyba)

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Arranger Stefan Nesyba (b. 1955)
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For Piano (Mason)

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Arranger William Mason (1829-1908)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1874.
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Gigue (No.7)

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Arranger Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
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For Harmonium (Guilmant)

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Arranger Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Schott, n.d.[1892]. Plate (A.G. 30).
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General Information

Work Title Cello Suite No.6
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Cello Suite No. 6; Suite pour violoncelle seul n° 6; Suite Nr. VI D-Dur BWV 1012; Suite per a violoncel núm. 6
Name Aliases Suite pour violoncelle n° 6
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 212878335; GND: 300011598; BNF: 139093991
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 1012
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 68
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 movements:
  1. Prélude
  2. Allemande
  3. Courante
  4. Sarabande
  5. Gavotte I
  6. Gavotte II
  7. Gigue
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1717-23
First Publication. 1824 in 6 Cello Suites (No.6)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation cello or 5-stringed cello (violoncello piccolo, possibly viola pomposa)
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links Wikipedia article (BWV 1007-1012)