6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
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Scores
Cello Scores
Complete score (color scan)
*#215391 - 62.27MB, 40 pages - (2) - V/V/V - 26x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Bach Digital
Jun T (5 May 2012)
Complete score
*#07437 - 35.75MB, 37 pages - (13) - V/V/V - 25739x⇩
Anna Magdalena Bach, copyist
Manuscript, n.d.
D B Mus. ms. Bach P 269
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Complete Score
*#75794 - 7.86MB, 27 (25 music) pages - (8) - V/V/V - 12764x⇩
Johann Peter Kellner, copyist
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1726).
Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000
source "B". 600 dpi. The various blank spots and general illegibility are present in the original; they are not the faults of the scan.
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Complete Score
*#75795 - 7.94MB, 42 (i, 41) pages - (2) - V/V/V - 6241x⇩
2 anonymous copyists
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-1800).
Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000
source "C". 600 dpi. The various blank spots and general illegibility are present in the original; they are not the faults of the scan.
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Complete Score
*#75796 - 20.25MB, 42 (i, 41) pages - (2) - V/V/V - 4143x⇩
anonymous copyist
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1775-1800).
Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000
source "D". 300 dpi 8 bit grayscale for increased legibility. The various blank spots and general illegibility are present in the original; they are not the faults of the scan.
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Complete Score
*#75797 - 9.76MB, 53 (iii, 50) pages - (5) - V/V/V - 7731x⇩
First edition
Paris: Janet et Cotelle, n.d.(ca.1824). Plate 1497
Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000
source "E". 600 dpi
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Complete Score
*#108698 - 3.47MB, 29 pages - (3) - V/V/V - 3206x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Russian State Library
Generoso (9 July 2011)
Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1809). Plate V.A. 1236.
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Complete Score
*#107648 - 4.47MB, 35 pages - (1) - V/V/V - 1974x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Russian State Library
YuriyLcello (1 July 2011)
Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, Ed.238b, n.d. Plate 4546.
6th Suite is transposed to G Major
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Complete Score
*#94132 - 2.55MB, 40 pages - (2) - V/V/V - 3464x⇩
Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238a, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate 4962.
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Complete Score
*#12165 - 2.81MB, 37 (#59–94) pages - (9) - V/V/V - 5621x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Unknown
ValeriyaSholokhova (21 August 2007)
Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905)
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 27.1
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1879. Plate B.W. XXVII (1).
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Complete Score
*#36902 - 3.19MB, 44 pages - (3) - V/V/V - 4276x⇩
Julius Klengel (1859-1933)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 22879
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Complete Score
*#108700 - 4.98MB, 37 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 1322x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Russian State Library
Generoso (9 July 2011)
Robert Hausmann (1852–1909)
Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d. Plate 882.
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Complete Score
*#70850 - 8.18MB, 46 pages - (4) - V/V/12 - 4129x⇩
Color Covers
*#70857 - 2.63MB, 3 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 1262x⇩
Hugo Becker (1863-1941)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238, n.d.(ca.1911). Plate 9148.
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Complete Score
*#105620 - 15.78MB, 54 pages - (1) - C/V/N - 1777x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Hathitrust
Generoso (16 June 2011)
Fernand Pollain (1879–fl.1955)
Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1918. Plate D.& F. 9546.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag all]
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Complete Score
*#121688 - 0.81MB, 60 pages - (1) - !N/!N/!N - 2238x⇩
Werner Icking
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag all]
These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Complete
For Violin Solo (Ebner)
Suite No.1, BWV 1007
*#131839 - 1.27MB, 8 (tp, pref., 6 music) pages - (2) - C/V/C - 2762x⇩
Suite No.2, BWV 1008
*#132274 - 0.97MB, 6 pages - (0) - C/V/C - 761x⇩
Suite No.3, BWV 1009
*#132275 - 1.29MB, 8 pages - (0) - C/V/C - 653x⇩
Suite No.4, BWV 1010
*#132967 - 1.28MB, 8 pages - (0) - C/V/C - 489x⇩
Suite No.5, BWV 1011
*#133591 - 1.34MB, 9 pages - (0) - C/V/C - 548x⇩
Suite No.6, BWV 1012
*#133592 - 1.71MB, 10 (9 music, ad) pages - (0) - C/V/C - 650x⇩
Joseph Ebner (fl.1903-1921)
Leipzig/Zürich: Gebr. Hug, n.d.(ca.1913). Plate G.H. 5151.
Scanned at 600dpi grayscale, converted to monochrome.
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For Violin solo (Icking)
Violin part
*#121690 - 0.83MB, 60 pages - (2) - !N/!N/!N - 3692x⇩
Werner Icking
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For Viola solo (Icking)
Viola part
*#121689 - 0.85MB, 60 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 3746x⇩
Werner Icking
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For Viola solo (Spindler)
Viola part
*#29356 - 7.58MB, 68 pages - (2) - V/V/V - 8169x⇩
Fritz Spindler (1817-1905)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29137
It seems to be a reissue of Hofmeister Edition. Spindler was a Viola player in Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig.
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Selections
For Bass recorder (Perry)
Engraving files (Sibelius)
*#220997 - 0.01MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1x⇩
Philip Perry
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General Information
| Work Title | 6 Cello Suites |
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| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
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| Opus/Catalogue Number | BWV 1007-1012 |
| Movements/Sections | 6 suites:
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| Year/Date of Composition | 1720? |
| First Publication | 1825 |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | Cello (Suite No.6 calls for a 5-stringed cello of some sort (violoncello piccolo?), possibly viola pomposa) |
| External Links | Wikipedia |
Misc. Comments
Wikipedia gives a date of probably before 1720 (so probably? 1710s), mentioning unnamed scholars (will have to look that up and fill in?) who believe that the suites were written before the solo violin sonatas and partitas which have 1720 on their manuscript?.
- Manuscripts
- Pages with First Editions
- Dotzauer, Friedrich/Editor
- Grützmacher, Friedrich/Editor
- Dörffel, Alfred/Editor
- Scores with links to Amazon
- Klengel, Julius/Editor
- Hausmann, Robert/Editor
- Becker, Hugo/Editor
- Pollain, Fernand/Editor
- Icking, Werner/Editor
- WIMA files
- Ebner, Joseph/Arranger
- Icking, Werner/Arranger
- Spindler, Fritz/Arranger
- Perry, Philip/Arranger
- Scores
- Bach, Johann Sebastian/Collections
- Baroque
- Suites
- For cello
- Scores featuring the cello
- For 1 player
- For violoncello piccolo
- Scores featuring the violoncello piccolo
- For recorder (arr)
- Scores featuring the recorder
- For violin (arr)
- Scores featuring the violin
- For viola (arr)
- Scores featuring the viola
- Pages with arrangements
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Scordatura

