Bach’s authorship of this Canon is uncertain. The source of this composition, manuscript Mus Ms P285, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, does not mention the composer, nor does it specify the choral melody. It...
The source for this composition is manuscript Mus. ms. Bach P 1115, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. It contains 12 compositions of which the authorship of Bach is undisputable. Besides these 12 compositions, it...
One of the most popular compositions from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein is undoubtedly the prelude to the choral “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”, BWV 639. In this composition the evocative mood of the choral...
Among the many many compositions that may or may not have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach, is the little choral partita “Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen”. It features a four part setting...
It is already almost a year ago I published something in the series of spurious Bach compositions (see here: https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-sebastian…tt-bwv-anh-ii-69/). The next in line is this little fugue about the first fe notes of...
The second appendix to the catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, contains the works of which Bach’s authorship is doubtful. Of some of these compositions one wonders why they ever made to this...
Manuscript Mus ms P285, Rara lb 36 contains two compositions that were presumably not written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Hence their inclusion in the second supplement of the catalogue of Bach’s compositions that contains...
A few days ago I stumbled upon a tanscription of Bach’s Agnus Dei, from his Hohe Messe (BWV 232), for organ. And it was actually quite a bad transcription, in my opinion, that did...
Number 67 of the second appendix to Schmieder’s catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach is still tentatively ascribed to Bach. And even though there are several compositions in this appendice that could be...
There remains no autograph of this the Trio in d minor, BWV 583. All sources of this work are copies written somewhere after Bach’s death. Though there were once 11 manuscripts with a version...
One of the most unusual compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps you might even call it unique, as it is literally one of a kind is the choral prelude to the choral “Erbarm dich...
Some of the spurious compositions attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, are not even included in the second appendix of Schmieder’s catalogue of Bach’s works. That could be because Schmieder considered them not to be...
Some of the spurious compositions attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, are not even included in the second appendix of Schmieder’s catalogue of Bach’s works. That could be because Schmieder considered them not to be...
The two choral preludes on the melody of “Sei Lob und Ehr und hohem Preis” BWV AnhII 62a and 62b appear in the same manuscript next to each other. I’m not sure why they...
The two choral preludes on the melody of “Sei Lob und Ehr und hohem Preis” BWV AnhII 62a and 62b appear in the same manuscript next to each other. I’m not sure why they...
