List of keyboard and lute compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard works (Klavierwerke) by Johann Sebastian Bach traditionally refers to Chapter 8 in the BWV catalogue or the fifth series of the New Bach Edition, both of which list compositions for a solo keyboard instrument like the harpsichord or the clavichord. Despite the fact that the organ is also a keyboard instrument, and that in Bach's time the distinction wasn't always made whether a keyboard composition was for organ or another keyboard instrument, Wolfgang Schmieder ranged organ compositions in a separate section of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Nos. 525-771). Also other compositions for keyboard, like compositions for lute-harpsichord and fortepiano were listed outside the "Klavierwerke" range by Schmieder. Lute works are in the range 995–1000, Chapter 9 in the BWV catalogue.

• BWV 772 – Invention No. 1 in C major
• BWV 772a – Invention No. 1 in C major (alternative version of BWV 772)
• BWV 773 – Invention No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 774 – Invention No. 3 in D major
• BWV 775 – Invention No. 4 in D minor
• BWV 776 – Invention No. 5 in E-flat major
• BWV 777 – Invention No. 6 in E major
• BWV 778 – Invention No. 7 in E minor
• BWV 779 – Invention No. 8 in F major
• BWV 780 – Invention No. 9 in F minor
• BWV 781 – Invention No. 10 in G major
• BWV 782 – Invention No. 11 in G minor
• BWV 783 – Invention No. 12 in A major
• BWV 784 – Invention No. 13 in A minor
• BWV 785 – Invention No. 14 in B-flat major
• BWV 786 – Invention No. 15 in B minor
• BWV 787 – Sinfonia No. 1 in C major
• BWV 788 – Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 789 – Sinfonia No. 3 in D major
• BWV 790 – Sinfonia No. 4 in D minor
• BWV 791 – Sinfonia No. 5 in E-flat major
• BWV 792 – Sinfonia No. 6 in E major
• BWV 793 – Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor
• BWV 794 – Sinfonia No. 8 in F major
• BWV 795 – Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor
• BWV 796 – Sinfonia No. 10 in G major
• BWV 797 – Sinfonia No. 11 in G minor
• BWV 798 – Sinfonia No. 12 in A major
• BWV 799 – Sinfonia No. 13 in A minor
• BWV 800 – Sinfonia No. 14 in B-flat major
• BWV 801 – Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor

• BWV 802 – Duet in E minor
• BWV 803 – Duet in F major
• BWV 804 – Duet in G major
• BWV 805 – Duet in A minor

• BWV 806 – English Suite No. 1 in A major
• BWV 807 – English Suite No. 2 in A minor
• BWV 808 – English Suite No. 3 in G minor
• BWV 809 – English Suite No. 4 in F major
• BWV 810 – English Suite No. 5 in E minor
• BWV 811 – English Suite No. 6 in D minor

• BWV 812 – French Suite No. 1 in D minor
• BWV 813 – French Suite No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 813a – French Suite No. 2 in C minor (alternative version of movement 5: Menuet)
• BWV 814 – French Suite No. 3 in B minor
• BWV 815 – French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
• BWV 815a – French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major (alternative versions of several movements)
• BWV 816 – French Suite No. 5 in G major
• BWV 817 – French Suite No. 6 in E major

• BWV 818 – Suite in A minor
• BWV 818a – Suite in A minor (alternative version of BWV 818)
• BWV 819 – Suite in E-flat major
• BWV 819a – Suite in E-flat major (alternative version of movement 1: Allemande from BWV 819)
• BWV 820 – Overture (Suite) in F major
• BWV 821 – Suite in B-flat major (doubtful)
• BWV 822 – Suite in G minor, play Gavotte in G Minor, simulating a viola^ⓘ
• BWV 823 – Suite in F minor
• BWV 824 – Suite in A major (spurious, composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, TWV 32:14)

Clavier-Übung I, six Partitas for keyboard:

1. BWV 825 – Partita in B-flat major
2. BWV 826 – Partita in C minor
3. BWV 827 – Partita in A minor
4. BWV 828 – Partita in D major
5. BWV 829 – Partita in G major
6. BWV 830 – Partita in E minor

• BWV 831 – Overture in the French Style, in B minor
• BWV 831a – Earlier version in C minor

• BWV 832 – Suite in A major
• BWV 833 – Prelude and Partita in F major
• BWV 834 – Allemande in C minor (doubtful)
• BWV 835 – Allemande in A minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Philipp Kirnberger)
• BWV 836 – Allemande in G minor (spurious, possibly by Pier Giuseppe Sandoni)
• BWV 837 – Allemande in G minor (spurious, possibly by Pier Giuseppe Sandoni)
• BWV 838 – Allemande and Courante in A major (spurious, possibly by Christoph Graupner, GWV 849)
• BWV 839 – Sarabande in G minor (doubtful)
• BWV 840 – Courante in G major (spurious, after the 2nd movement of Telemann's Ouverture in G major, TWV 32:13)
• BWV 841 – Minuet in G major (from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
• BWV 842 – Minuet in G minor
• BWV 843 – Minuet in G major
• BWV 844 – Scherzo in D minor (doubtful)
• BWV 844a – Scherzo in D minor (alternative version of BWV 844, doubtful)
• BWV 845 – Gigue in F minor (doubtful)

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I:

1. BWV 846 – Prelude and Fugue in C major
   • BWV 846a – Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 846, only Prelude)
2. BWV 847 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
   • BWV 847a – Prelude in C minor (alternative version of BWV 847, only Prelude)
3. BWV 848 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
4. BWV 849 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
5. BWV 850 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
   • BWV 850a – Prelude in D major (alternative version of BWV 850, only Prelude)
6. BWV 851 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor
   • BWV 851a – Prelude in D minor (alternative version of BWV 851, only Prelude)
7. BWV 852 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
8. BWV 853 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor (The fugue of this work is in D-sharp minor, the enharmonic key of E-flat minor)
9. BWV 854 – Prelude and Fugue in E major
10. BWV 855 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor
    • BWV 855a – Prelude in E minor (early version of the prelude of BWV 855), and Fughetta
11. BWV 856 – Prelude and Fugue in F major
12. BWV 857 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor
13. BWV 858 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major
14. BWV 859 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
15. BWV 860 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
16. BWV 861 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
17. BWV 862 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major
18. BWV 863 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
19. BWV 864 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
20. BWV 865 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
21. BWV 866 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
22. BWV 867 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor
23. BWV 868 – Prelude and Fugue in B major
24. BWV 869 – Prelude and Fugue in B minor

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II:

1. BWV 870 – Prelude and Fugue in C major
   • BWV 870a – Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 870)
   • BWV 870b – Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 870)
2. BWV 871 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
3. BWV 872 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
   • BWV 872a – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major (alternative version of BWV 872)
4. BWV 873 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
5. BWV 874 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
6. BWV 875 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor
   • BWV 875a – Prelude in D minor (alternative version of BWV 875)
7. BWV 876 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
8. BWV 877 – Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor
9. BWV 878 – Prelude and Fugue in E major
10. BWV 879 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor
11. BWV 880 – Prelude and Fugue in F major
12. BWV 881 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor
13. BWV 882 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major
14. BWV 883 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
15. BWV 884 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
16. BWV 885 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
17. BWV 886 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major
18. BWV 887 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
19. BWV 888 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
20. BWV 889 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
21. BWV 890 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
22. BWV 891 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor
23. BWV 892 – Prelude and Fugue in B major
24. BWV 893 – Prelude and Fugue in B minor

Praeludium in A minor, BWV 922

Performed by Sylvia Kind

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• BWV 894 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 895 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 896 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
• BWV 897 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor (doubtful; prelude possibly by Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel, fugue possibly by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach)
• BWV 898 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major on the name B-A-C-H (doubtful)
• BWV 899 – Prelude and Fughetta in D minor
• BWV 900 – Prelude and Fughetta in E minor
• BWV 901 – Prelude and Fughetta in F major
• BWV 902 – Prelude and Fughetta in G major
• BWV 902a – Prelude in G major (alternative version of BWV 902)
• BWV 903 – Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
• BWV 903a – Chromatic Fantasia in D minor (alternative version of BWV 903)
• BWV 904 – Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 905 – Fantasia and Fugue in D minor (doubtful)
• BWV 906 – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (fugue unfinished)
• BWV 907 – Fantasia and Fughetta in B-flat major (doubtful)
• BWV 908 – Fantasia and Fughetta in D major (doubtful)
• BWV 909 – Concerto and Fugue in C minor (doubtful)
• BWV 910 – Toccata in F-sharp minor
• BWV 911 – Toccata in C minor
• BWV 912 – Toccata in D major
• BWV 913 – Toccata in D minor
• BWV 914 – Toccata in E minor
• BWV 915 – Toccata in G minor
• BWV 916 – Toccata in G major
• BWV 917 – Fantasia in G minor
• BWV 918 – Fantasia in C minor
• BWV 919 – Fantasia in C minor (doubtful, possibly by Johann Bernhard Bach)
• BWV 920 – Fantasia in G minor (doubtful)
• BWV 921 – Prelude in C minor
• BWV 922 – Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor
• BWV 923 – Prelude in B minor (possibly by Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel)
• BWV 923a – Prelude (Toccatina No. 3; variant of BWV 923; doubtful)

Indicated as "Neun kleine Präludien aus dem Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" (nine little preludes from the keyboard-booklet for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) in the Bach-Werke Verzeichnis:

1. BWV 924 – Prelude in C major (Klavierbüchlein No. 2: "Praeambulum")
   BWV 924a – Prelude in C major (Klavierbüchlein No. 26: "Preludium ex c♮"; variant version of BWV 924 probably by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 44)
2. BWV 925 – Prelude in D major (Klavierbüchlein No. 27: "Praeludium ex d♮"; possibly by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 45)
3. BWV 926 – Prelude in D minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 4: "Praeludium")
4. BWV 927 – Prelude in F major (Klavierbüchlein No. 8: "Praeambulum")
5. BWV 928 – Prelude in F major (Klavierbüchlein No. 10: "Praeludium")
6. BWV 929 – Prelude in G minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 48^e: Trio for a Minuet by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel)
7. BWV 930 – Prelude in G minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 9: "Praeambulum")
8. BWV 931 – Prelude in A minor (Klavierbüchlein No. 29: "Praeludium"; possibly by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 47)
9. BWV 932 – Prelude in E minor (incomplete; Klavierbüchlein No. 28: "Praeludium ex e♭"; possibly by W. F. Bach, BR‑WFB A 46)

An 18th-century set of short preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach:

1. BWV 933 – Little Prelude in C major
2. BWV 934 – Little Prelude in C minor
3. BWV 935 – Little Prelude in D minor
4. BWV 936 – Little Prelude in D major
5. BWV 937 – Little Prelude in E major
6. BWV 938 – Little Prelude in E minor

Five short preludes found in the manuscript P 804 (collection of Johann Peter Kellner):

1. BWV 939 – Prelude in C major
2. BWV 940 – Prelude in D minor
3. BWV 941 – Prelude in E minor
4. BWV 942 – Prelude in A minor
5. BWV 943 – Prelude in C major

• BWV 944 – Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 945 – Fugue in E minor (doubtful, possibly by Christoph Graupner)
• BWV 946 – Fugue in C major
• BWV 947 – Fugue in A minor
• BWV 948 – Fugue in D minor
• BWV 949 – Fugue in A major
• BWV 950 – Fugue in A major on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni
• BWV 951 – Fugue in B minor on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni
• BWV 951a – Fugue in B minor (alternative version of BWV 951)
• BWV 952 – Fugue in C major
• BWV 953 – Fugue in C major
• BWV 954 – Fugue in B-flat major on a theme by Johann Adam Reincken
• BWV 955 – Fugue in B-flat major
• BWV 956 – Fugue in E minor (doubtful)
• BWV 957 – Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt (chorale prelude for organ in the Neumeister Collection, previously listed as Fugue in G major)
• BWV 958 – Fugue in A minor (doubtful)
• BWV 959 – Fugue in A minor
• BWV 960 – Fugue in E minor (incomplete and doubtful)
• BWV 961 – Fughetta in C minor
• BWV 962 – Fughetta in E minor (spurious, composed by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger)

• BWV 963 – Sonata in D major
• BWV 964 – Sonata in D minor (arrangement of Sonata No. 2 for solo violin, BWV 1003 – doubtful)
• BWV 965 – Sonata in A minor (after Johann Adam Reincken's Hortus Musicus, Nos. 1–5)
• BWV 966 – Sonata in C major (after Johann Adam Reincken's Hortus Musicus, Nos. 11–15)
• BWV 967 – Sonata in A minor (one movement only, arrangement of a chamber sonata by unknown composer)
• BWV 968 – Adagio in G major (after movement 1 of Sonata No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1005 – doubtful)
• BWV 969 – Andante in G minor (doubtful)
• BWV 970 – Presto in D minor (spurious, composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach)

• BWV 971 – Italian Concerto, in F major

Concerto in D major, BWV 972 – 2. Largo

Performed on a harpsichord by Gérard Janot

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• BWV 972 – Concerto in D major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/9, RV230)
• BWV 973 – Concerto in G major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 7/8, RV299)
• BWV 974 – Concerto in D minor (arrangement of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D minor)
• BWV 975 – Concerto in G minor (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 4/6, RV316a)
• BWV 976 – Concerto in C major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/12, RV265)
• BWV 977 – Concerto in C major (source unknown, possibly a concerto by Benedetto Marcello)
• BWV 978 – Concerto in F major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3/3, RV310)
• BWV 979 – Concerto in B minor (recently identified as Vivaldi's Concerto RV Anh. 10, now RV 813)
• BWV 980 – Concerto in G major (arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in B-flat Major, RV 381)
• BWV 981 – Concerto in C minor (possibly an arrangement of Benedetto Marcello's concerto Op. 1/2)
• BWV 982 – Concerto in B-flat major (arrangement of Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar's concerto Op. 1/1)
• BWV 983 – Concerto in G minor (source unknown)
• BWV 984 – Concerto in C major (arrangement of a Prince Johann Ernst concerto) (see BWV 595 for organ version)
• BWV 985 – Concerto in G minor (arrangement of a Georg Philipp Telemann violin concerto)
• BWV 986 – Concerto in G major (arrangement of a concerto attributed to Georg Philipp Telemann)
• BWV 987 – Concerto in D minor (arrangement of Prince Johann Ernst's concerto Op. 1/4)

• BWV 988 – Goldberg Variations (published as Fourth Clavier-Übung)
• BWV 989 – Aria variata alla maniera italiana, in A minor
• BWV 990 – Sarabande con Partite in C major (loosely adapted from the overture for "Bellérophon" (1679) by Jean-Baptiste Lully – doubtful)
• BWV 991 – Air with variations in C minor (unfinished, from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
• BWV 992 – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo ("Capriccio on the departure of the Beloved Brother"), in B-flat major
• BWV 993 – Capriccio in E major
• BWV 994 – Applicatio in C major (from the Clavier-Büchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach)

• BWV 995 – Suite in G minor (transcription of Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011)
• BWV 996 – Suite in E minor (most probably intended for lute-harpsichord)
• BWV 997 – Suite in C minor
• BWV 998 – Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major
• BWV 999 – Prelude in C minor
• BWV 1000 – Fugue in G minor (transcription of Fuga (Allegro) from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001)

• BWV 1079 – The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer) – some pieces intended for fortepiano
• BWV 1080 – The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) - some pieces indicated as being for a two-manual harpsichord

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