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Editor
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Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) (Band I-VII)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889) (Band VIII, IX only?)
Hermann Keller (1885-1967) (Band I-V, VII-IX)
Karl Straube (1873-1950) (Band V-VII)
Albert Riemenschneider (1878-1950) (Band VI, IX)
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Publisher. Info.
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Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.240-247, 2067, n.d. (1844-47, 1852, 1881). Various plates.
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Reprinted
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Multiple reprints by Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.240-47, 2067, n.d. Plate 8656-63.
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Copyright
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Misc. Notes
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Some later added prefaces are not in the public domain in certain countries, but the scores themselves are in the public domain worldwide.
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General Information
Work Title
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Compositionen für die Orgel
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Alternative. Title
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Johann Sebastian Bach's Compositionen für die Orgel
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Composer
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Bach, Johann Sebastian
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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9 volumes
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First Publication.
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1844-47, 1852, 1881
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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Piece Style
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Baroque
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Instrumentation
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organ
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Some of the information below was taken from the critical commentaries of Breitkopf & Härtel's organ works (completed in 2018).
Other information was taken from Albert Riemenschneider's editorial prefaces.
Publication information
- Leipzig: Edition Peters
- Original print (1844-47), vols. I-VII
- Original print (1852, 1881), Band VIII, IX
- Revised edition (1904), Band I-VIII
- Revised edition (1928), Band V-VII (plate numbers unchanged)
- Revised edition (1940) (plate numbers unchanged)
- Edition numbers: No.240-247† (Band I-VIII), 2067 (Band IX)
- Editor: Hermann Keller (1885-1967)††
- Editorial prefaces (1950) by Albert Riemenschneider (1878-1950)
†Band I and III append an 'a' after the edition number: i.e. No.240a and No.242a.
††In his 1941 publication The Organ Works of Bach, Keller also classified Bach's organ works by difficulty; a copy of his classification can be found in Riemenschneider's editorial prefaces. Also, whether Keller edited Band VI is uncertain: there is no mention of his name in the volume.
Contents
Band I (6 Sonaten, Passacaglia, Pastorale)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1940): Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
- Score: 91 pages, n.d. (1844). Plate 2893.
- Revised edition: n.d. (1904). Plate 8656.
- Revised edition: [VI], 95 pages, n.d. (1940). No.240a. (plate number unchanged) (post-1950 reprint with BWV numbers on IMSLP)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated September 1844.
- pp.2-10: Organ Sonata No.1 in E-flat major, BWV 525
- pp.11-23: Organ Sonata No.2 in C minor, BWV 526
- pp.24-35: Organ Sonata No.3 in D minor, BWV 527
- pp.36-45: Organ Sonata No.4 in E minor, BWV 528
- pp.46-62: Organ Sonata No.5 in C major, BWV 529
- pp.63-75: Organ Sonata No.6 in G major, BWV 530
- pp.76-87: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
- pp.88-93: Pastorale in F major, BWV 590
- Anhang
Band II (Präludien und Fugen)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1940): Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
- Score: n.d. (1844).
- Revised edition: II, 96 pages, n.d. (1904). Plate 8657. (on IMSLP)
- Revised edition: n.d. (1940). No.241[a]. (plate number unchanged)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated October 1844.
- pp.2-6: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545
- pp.7-13: Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541
- pp.14-19: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536
- pp.20-28: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
- pp.29-35: Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534
- pp.36-45: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
- pp.46-53: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547
- pp.54-63: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
- pp.64-77: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
- pp.78-87: Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
- Anhang
- p.88: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545a (Prelude)
- pp.89-92: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536a
- pp.93-96: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (Fugue, after a copy from the Krebs estate)
Band III (Präludien, Toccaten und Fugen)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1940): Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
- Score: n.d. (1845).
- Revised edition: [VI], 99 pages, n.d. (1904). Plate 8658. (on IMSLP, as 'Band IV')
- Revised edition: [VII], 103 pages, n.d. (1940). No.242a. (plate number unchanged) (post-1950 reprint with BWV numbers on IMSLP)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated May 1845. Includes Revisionsbericht by Keller.
- pp.2-15: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552
- pp.16-29: Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540
- pp.30-41: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538
- pp.42-47: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539
- pp.48-54: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535
- pp.55-61: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
- pp.62-71: Toccata and Fugue in C major, BWV 566a†
- pp.72-83: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
- pp.84-87: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 551
- pp.88-91: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533
- Anhang
- pp.92-93: Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (2nd movement)
- pp.94-99: Toccata and Fugue in E major, BWV 566†
†In Keller's revised edition, these two pieces are swapped around, as follows:
- pp.62-71: Toccata and Fugue in E major, BWV 566
- Anhang
- pp.94-103: Toccata and Fugue in C major, BWV 566a
Band IV (Präludien, Fugen und Fantasien)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1940): Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
- Score: n.d. (1845). Plate 2968.
- Revised edition: IV, [85] pages, n.d. (1904). Plate 8659. (preface on IMSLP)
- Revised edition: n.d. (1940). No.243[a]. (plate number unchanged)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated December 1845. The information below may not be entirely accurate, since only the preface was available for consultation.
- pp.2-8: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 531
- pp.9-15: Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 550
- pp.16-26: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
- pp.27-35: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
- pp.36-39: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549
- pp.40-45: Fugue on a Theme by Giovanni Legrenzi, BWV 574
- pp.46-49: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
- pp.50-53: Fugue on a Theme by Corelli, BWV 579
- pp.54-57: Fugue in C minor, BWV 575
- pp.58-61: Canzona in D minor, BWV 588
- pp.62-69: Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
- pp.70-72: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 562
- pp.73-75: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 561
- pp.76-78: Trio in D minor, BWV 583
- Anhang
Band V (56 kürzere Choralvorspiele, Choralvariationen)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1928): Karl Straube (1873-1950)
- Revised edition (1952): Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
- Score: n.d. (1846).
- Revised edition: n.d. (1904). Plate 8660.
- Revised edition: n.d. (1928).
- Revised edition: [VI], 112 pages, n.d. (1952). No.244. (plate number unchanged) (on IMSLP)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated September 1846. Includes Vorbemerkung by Straube (dated February 1928) and Revisionsbericht by Keller (dated Spring 1952). Straube included an index of the preludes (for ease of reference), and later edited an edition of them separately, following the order of the sources (Edition Peters No.3946-3948).
- Abteilung I
- p.2: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, BWV 644
- pp.2-3: Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643
- p.3: Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619
- pp.4-7: Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627
- p.7: Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 625
- p.8: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611
- p.9: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 696
- pp.10-11: Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620
- p.11: Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621
- p.12: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
- p.13: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605
- p.14: Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', BWV 635
- p.15: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637
- p.16: Erstanden ist der heilge Christ, BWV 628
- p.17: Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629
- p.18: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638
- p.19: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604
- p.20: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 697
- pp.20-21: Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600
- p.22: Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 703
- p.23: Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV 613
- p.24: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 601
- p.25: Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes Sohn, BWV 698
- pp.26-27: Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617
- p.28: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 632
- pp.28-29: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 709
- p.30: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
- pp.30-31: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
- pp.32-33: Hilf Gott, daß mir's gelinge, BWV 624
- p.33: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
- p.34: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610
- pp.34-35: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 626
- p.35: In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 640
- pp.36-37: In dir ist Freude, BWV 615
- pp.38-39: In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
- p.39: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 706
- p.40: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633
- pp.40-41: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 602
- p.41: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 704
- p.42: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 609
- pp.42-43: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616
- p.44: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
- p.45: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 699
- pp.46-47: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618
- pp.48-49: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
- p.50: Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603
- p.51: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683
- p.52: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636
- p.53: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 606
- pp.54-55: Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar, BWV 607
- p.55: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein, BWV 641
- p.56: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 691
- pp.56-57: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 690
- p.57: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 642
- p.58: Wir Christenleut, BWV 612
- p.59: Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 623
- Abteilung II
- pp.60-67: Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766
- pp.68-75: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
- pp.76-91: Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
- pp.92-101: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 769
- Anhang I
- p.102: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722
- p.103: Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV 728
- pp.103-104: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
- p.105: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730
- p.105: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
- p.106: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 732
- pp.106-107: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 738
- p.107: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV Anh.75
- Anhang II
- p.108: Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620a
- p.109: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 634
- pp.109-110: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683a
- pp.111-112: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 691a
Band VI (34 größere und kunstreichere Choralvorspiele)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1928): Karl Straube (1873-1950)
- Revised edition (1950): Albert Riemenschneider (1878-1950)
- Score: n.d. (1847).
- Revised edition: n.d. (1904). Plate 8661.
- Revised edition: n.d. (1928).
- Revised edition: [XII], 113 pages, n.d. (1950). No.245. (plate number unchanged) (on IMSLP)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated September 1847. Includes Vorbemerkung by Straube (dated February 1928) and editorial preface by Riemenschneider (dated January 14, 1950). Straube included an index of the preludes (for ease of reference), and later edited an edition of them separately, following the order of the sources (Edition Peters No.3946-3948).
- Abteilung III
- p.3: Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 693 (excerpt from chorale partita by Johann Gottfried Walther)
- pp.4-5: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649
- pp.6-7: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 711
- pp.8-9: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 717
- pp.10-11: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675
- pp.12-16: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676
- pp.17-21: Trio super 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 664
- pp.22-25: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 663
- pp.26-28: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662
- p.29: Fughetta super 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 677
- pp.30-31: Fuga super 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 716
- pp.32-35: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653(b)
- pp.32-33: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653b
- pp.34-35: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
- pp.36-37: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686
- pp.38-39: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687
- pp.40-42: Fantasia sopra 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', BWV 718
- pp.43-45: Fantasia super 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', BWV 695
- pp.46-49: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
- p.49: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 685
- pp.50-53: Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 678
- pp.54-55: Fughetta super 'Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot', BWV 679
- pp.56-57: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705
- pp.58-60: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720
- p.61: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 723 (actually by Johann Michael Bach)
- pp.62-63: Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BWV 748 (actually by Johann Gottfried Walther)
- p.64: Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 724 (also known as Gottes Sohn ist kommen)
- pp.65-69: Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 725
- pp.70-73: Trio super 'Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend', BWV 655
- pp.74-77: Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt, BWV 707
- pp.78-81: Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV 713
- pp.82-86: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wand, BWV 688
- pp.87-89: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665
- pp.90-91: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 666
- pp.92-93: Fuga super 'Jesus Christus unser Heiland', BWV 689
- pp.94-95: In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 712
- Anhang
- p.96: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676a
- pp.97-99: Trio super 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 664a
- pp.100-102: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 663a
- pp.103-104: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653a
- pp.104-105: Fantasia super 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', BWV 695a
- pp.106-107: Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BWV 748a (arranged by Leonhard Scholz?)
- p.107: Trio super 'Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend', BWV 655b
- pp.108-109: Trio super 'Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend', BWV 655a
- pp.110-111: Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV 713a
- pp.112-113: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665a
Band VII (29 größere und kunstreichere Choralvorspiele)
- Editors: Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849) and Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805-1889)?
- Revised edition (1904): Max Seiffert (1868-1948)
- Revised edition (1928): Karl Straube (1873-1950)
- Revised edition (1940): Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
- Score: n.d. (1847).
- Revised edition: n.d. (1904). Plate 8662.
- Revised edition: n.d. (1928).
- Revised edition: [VI], 104 pages, n.d. (1940). No.246. (plate number unchanged) (post-1950 reprint with BWV numbers on IMSLP)
- Notes: Griepenkerl's preface is dated September 1847. Includes Vorbemerkung by Straube (dated February 1928). Straube included an index of the preludes (for ease of reference), and later edited an edition of them separately, following the order of the sources (Edition Peters No.3946-3948).
- Abteilung III
- pp.2-3: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667
- pp.4-9: Fantasia super 'Komm, Heiliger Geist', BWV 651
- pp.10-15: Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 652
- pp.16-17: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
- pp.18-25: BWV 669-671
- pp.18-19: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669
- pp.20-22: Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670
- pp.23-25: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671
- pp.26-28: BWV 672-674
- p.26: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 672
- p.27: Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673
- p.28: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 674
- pp.29-32: Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733
- p.33: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648
- pp.34-35: Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657
- pp.36-37: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BWV 734
- pp.38-39: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
- pp.40-41: Trio super 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland', BWV 660
- pp.42-44: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661
- pp.45-49: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 656
- pp.50-52: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
- pp.53-55: Fantasia super 'Valet will ich dir geben', BWV 735
- pp.56-59: Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736
- pp.60-65: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
- p.66: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737
- p.67: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 701
- pp.68-69: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 700
- pp.70-71: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658
- pp.72-73: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
- pp.74-75: Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668 (completed as Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 668a)
- Anhang