6 French Suites, BWV 812-817 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 suites
Composition Year 1722–25?
Genre Categories Suites; For keyboard; Scores featuring keyboard soloists; For 1 player

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 Complete Score (colour)
#306798 - 23.47MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9742×⇩ - Irishmaestro

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Irishmaestro (2013/12/14)

Copyist Bernhard Christian Kayser (1705-1758)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1720-39).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus. ms. Bach P 418. Previously thought to be an autograph ("Rust-Wagenersches Autograph"). Also contains a Minuet in B minor by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
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 Complete Score
#505009 - 19.61MB, 80 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 98×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2017/12/17)

Copyist Johann Christoph Altnikol (1720-1759)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1740-59).
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Misc. Notes Music Division of the Library of Congress, Washington (US-Wc):
ML96 .B186 Case BWV 812-817
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 Complete score (Preview)
#63613 - 5.63MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 40586×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2010/5/7)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Publisher. Info. Compositions pour le Pianoforte, Liv.7 (pp.48-85)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1841]. Plate 2748.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Originally scanned at 300dpi grayscale, converted to 600dpi monocrome.
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 Complete Score
#06547 - 2.13MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30337×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/5/28)

Editor Franz Espagne (1828-1878)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 13.2 (pp.87-127)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1865. Plate B.W. XIII (2).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes See below for corrected edition
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 Complete Score
#505189 - 2.13MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 117×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/11/15)

Editor Ernst Naumann (1832-1910)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 45.2 (pp.87-127)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1895. Plate B.W. XLV (2).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Corrected versions of the scores in Band 13.2
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 Complete Score
#505008 - 5.01MB, 64 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 187×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2017/12/17)

Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, No.19, 1896. Plate 12692.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#265230 - 6.38MB, 94 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/33 - 12899×⇩ - Benedict

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Benedict (2013/1/7)

Editor Egon Petri (1881-1962)
Translator Mevanwy Roberts, English text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1918. Plate 27454.
Reprinted Joh. Seb. Bach: Klavierwerke, Band VI (with English translation)
Leipzig: Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate E.B. 4306.
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 Complete Score
#62909 - 3.05MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15322×⇩ - Worov

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Worov (2010/4/29)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1742-1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)
S. Didenko, revisions
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.
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 Complete Score (CA)
#492403 - 3.34MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/51/31 - Sallen112

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Sallen112 (2017/9/10)

Editor Edwin Fischer (1886-1960)
Publisher. Info. Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, No.3949, 1955. Plate 27252.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 8.37 x 11.87 inches.
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 Title Pages, Contents, Manuscript Page (EU)
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 Version A: Later version (after Altnikol's copy) (EU)
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 Version B: Earlier versions (EU)
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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918-2011)
Translator Tilden A. Russell, preface
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V. Klavier- und Lautenwerke
Band 8. Die sechs Französischen Suiten / Zwei Suiten a-Moll und Es-Dur (pp.1-126)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1980. Plate BA 5166/DVfM 8074.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 9 x 12 inches. Note: This edition was published separately and not officially part of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe. See edition number BA 5053 (when it gets posted on this page in the future) is the official edition number of the NBA.
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 Alternative versions for Nos.2 to 4, BWV 813–815
#03331 - 0.22MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4348×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/1/18)

Editor Ernst Naumann (1832-1910)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 36 (pp.234-37)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1890. Plate B.W. XXXVI.
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General Information

Work Title 6 French Suites
Alternative. Title Französische Suiten
Name Translations Franse suites; Suites franceses; French Suites; Francaj suitoj; Suites francesas; Suites françaises; Suite francesi; フランス組曲; Suity francuskie; Suítes Francesas; Franske suiter; Французькі сюїти (BWV 812–817); Tổ khúc Pháp; 法國組曲; Francouzské suity; סוויטות צרפתיות
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174207011; LCCN: n81024802; GND: 300006403; BNF: 13909924s; NLA: 35488041; BNE: XX3385298
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 812-817 ; BC L 19–24
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 176
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 suites:
  1. French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812
  2. French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813
  3. French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814
  4. French Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 815
  5. French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV 816
  6. French Suite No.6 in E major, BWV 817
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1722–25?
First Publication. 1802-03 - Leipzig: C.F. Peters (ed. Forkel)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation keyboard
Authorities VIAF
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