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Bach Compositions Printed During The Composer's LifetimeSee List of compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach for the complete list of Bach compositions - the present list only lists those compositions by Bach that were printed during his lifetime: since some of these editions got a bit scattered over the BWV catalogue, this list is only intended to provide information regarding how Bach went about for the publication of his own works. Note that in Bach's time "printing" and "publication" was not always completely the same: compositions could circulate in manuscript, and be copied by hand, which was also a kind of publication: e.g. the Well-Tempered Clavier was "published" in this sense, before it was printed for the first time, nearly half a century after the composer's death. Note that the scores of more extended vocal and orchestral works were less often published in print in Bach's time, at least as far as Bach's music is concerned: such scores were generally rather intended for local use and/or expenses for printing all the parts were too high. However, textbooks of the special Easter and/or Christmas services, celebrated in the churches for which Bach composed music in Leipzig were regularly printed (e.g. Music for Easter, 1931; Christmas Oratorio, 1934;...) - as these publications only contain texts without music notation, they are not further considered in this article. Clavier-bung I For harpsichord, published in installments from 1726 to 1730: Six partitas, BWV 825-830: - Fall 1726: Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
- Easter 1727: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
- Michaelmas 1727: Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
- 1728: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
- 1730: Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
- 1730: Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
In 1731 these partitas were collectively published as Clavier-bung ("Keyboard Exercise") Clavier-bung II For harpsichord - published 1735: Remarkably, the Italian Concerto became one of Bach's all-time favourites, while the French Overture almost fell in oblivition, despite being a more mature work than the six other "French" harpsichord Suites - See also
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- http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachbib/review/bb-review_CU2facs.html
Geistliche Lieder und Arien aus Musicalisches Gesangbuch G.C. Schemelli 69 Sacred Songs and Arias for Georg Christion Schemelli's Musical Song Book, which contained in total 954 song-texts, for voice and an accompaniment written down as a figured bass. Not all 69 melodies were composed by Bach, but he provided (or "improved") a thorough bass accompaniment for all of them, BWV 439-507. Schemellis Gesangbuch was published in 1736, and contains some of Bach's probably least known compositions. - Source
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Clavier-bung III For organ - published 1739: - Prelude of Prelude and fugue in E-flat major, BWV552
- German Kyrie and Gloria settings, BWV 669-677
- Catechism chorales, BWV 678-689
- Four duets, BWV 802-805
- Fugue of Prelude and fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552
- See also
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- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/ubung.html
- http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/~tomita/essay/cu3.html
Clavier-bung IV For harpsichord - published 1741: the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Musikalisches Opfer Published 1747, after a visit to Frederick the Great: The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 For diverse instruments, including a triosonate for flute, violin and continuo. Kunst der Fuge In preparation for print when the composer died (1750): The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 Both instrumentation and performance order of the fugues and canons contained in this work remain subject to debate amongst scholars. Amore traditore It is uncertain whether Bach supervised the publication of his secular cantate Amore traditore, BWV 203, in a now lost volume containing Italian cantates by various composers. The publication date of that omnibus volume is equally unknown. Apart from Bach's cantate for voice and harpsichord accompaniment, the volume is supposed to have contained works by Telemann, Heinichen, Conti, and others.
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