Johann Sebastian Bach, his Life, Art, and Work Part 7

APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF BACH'S COMPOSITIONS

I. CATALOGUE OF BACH'S COMPOSITIONS PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT TO WEIMAR IN JUNE 1708, in his twenty-fourth year.(327)

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Motet: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden.

CLAVIER(328):-

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo (bk. 208 p. 62) (1704).

Capriccio in honorem Joh. Christoph Bachii, Ohrdruf (bk. 216 p. 34) (c. 1704).

Sonata in D major (bk. 215 p. 44) (c. 1704).(329)

B.G. x.x.xVI. prints a number of pieces which, in general, may be a.s.signed to Bach's immature years. They are reproduced in Peters' edition:

Book 200:

Fughetta in C minor (p. 10).

Prelude and Fughetta in D minor (p. 40).

Prelude and Fughetta in E minor (p. 42).

Prelude and Fughetta in A minor (p. 47).

Fugue in C major (p. 54).

Fugue in C major (p. 56).

Book 207:

Fantasia in C minor (p. 50).

Book 212:

Fantasia in C minor (p. 58).

Fugue in D minor (p. 59).

Fugue in D minor (p. 61).

Fugue in E minor (p. 68).

Book 214:

Prelude and Fughetta in F major (p. 76).

Prelude and Fughetta in G major (p. 78).

Prelude in G major (p. 80).

Book 215: Three Minuets (p. 62).

To these may be added (? authentic) from B.G. XLII.:

Book 212:

Fantasia and Fughetta in B flat major (p 58).

Do. do. D major (p. 60).

Organ(330):-

Prelude and Fugue in C minor (bk. 2 p. 48) (c. 1704).

Do. do. C major (bk. 8 p. 88) (? 1707).(331) Do. do. the "Short," A minor (bk. 10 p. 208).

Fugue in C minor (bk. 12 p. 95) (c. 1704).

Do. C minor, on a theme by Legrenzi (bk. 10 p. 230) (c. 1708).

Do. B minor, on a theme by Corelli (bk. 3 p. 60).

Do. D major (bk. 12 p. 83).

Do. G major (bk. 12 p. 55).

Do. G major (bk. 12 p. 86).

Do. G minor (bk. 2 p. 41).

Prelude in A minor (bk. 10 p. 238) (by 1706).

Do. C major (bk. 12 p. 94).

Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (bk. 12 p. 60).

Fantasias in 6 major (bk. 9 p. 168; bk. 12 p. 75).

Pastorale in F major (bk. 12 p. 102).

Choral Part.i.ta: Christ, der du bist der h.e.l.le Tag (bk. 19 p. 36).

Do. O Gott, du frommer Gott (bk. 19 p. 44).

Do. Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig (bk. 19 p. 55).

Generally speaking, the Choral Preludes, other than those in the maturer collections made by Bach himself, may be regarded as youthful works (bks.

18, 19).

II. Catalogue Of Bach's Compositions At Weimar, 1708-17, from his twenty-fourth to his thirty-third year.

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