Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

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The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV; Bach-Works-Catalogue) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a, was published in 1998.

1126 compositions were assigned a BWV number in the 20th century. More compositions were added to the catalogue in the 21st century. The Anhang (Anh.; Annex) of the BWV lists over 200 lost, doubtful and spurious compositions.

History

The BWV is a thematic catalogue, thus it identifies every movement of every composition by its first measures, like the opening of BWV 1006, movement 2 (Loure) above

The first edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis was published in 1950. It allocated a unique number to every known composition by Bach. Wolfgang Schmieder, the editor of that catalogue, grouped the compositions by genre, largely following the 19th-century Bach Gesellschaft (BG) edition for the collation (e.g. BG cantata number = BWV number of the cantata):[1]

  1. Kantaten (Cantatas), BWV 1–224
  2. Motetten (Motets), BWV 225–231
  3. Messen, Messensätze, Magnificat (Masses, Mass movements, Magnificat), BWV 232–243
  4. Passionen, Oratorien (Passions, Oratorios), BWV 244–249
  5. Vierstimmige Choräle (Four-part chorales), BWV 250–438
  6. Lieder, Arien, Quodlibet (Songs, Arias and Quodlibet), BWV 439–524
  7. Werke für Orgel (Works for organ), BWV 525–771
  8. Werke für Klavier (Keyboard compositions), BWV 772–994
  9. Werke für Laute (Lute compositions), BWV 995–1000
  10. Kammermusik (Chamber music), BWV 1001–1040
  11. Orchesterwerke (Works for orchestra), BWV 1041–1071, originally in two separate chapters: Concertos (BWV 1041–1065) and Overtures (BWV 1066–1071)
  12. Kanons (Canons), BWV 1072–1078
  13. Musikalisches Opfer, Kunst der Fuge (Musical Offering, Art of the Fugue), BWV 1079–1080

The Anhang of the BWV listed works that were not suitable for the main catalogue, in three sections:

Within each section of the Anhang the works are sorted by genre, following the same sequence of genres as the main catalogue.

Schmieder published the BWV's second edition in 1990, with some modifications regarding authenticity discriminations, and more works added to the main catalogue and the Anhang. Several compositions were repositioned in the over-all structure of chapters organised by genre and Anhang sections.[2] In 1998 Alfred Dürr and Yoshitake Kobayashi published a small edition of the catalogue, based on the 1990 second edition. This edition, known as BWV2a, contained a few further updates and collation rearrangements.[3]

New additions (Nachträge) to BWV2/BWV2a included:

An upper case R was used as an addition to a BWV number to indicate a reconstructed version, that is a conjectured earlier version of a known composition.

Numbers above BWV 1126 were added in the 21st century.

List of compositions by BWV number

The numbers assigned to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach and by others in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis are widely used for the unique identification of these compositions.

BWV 1–1128

BWV numbers 1 to 1126 appear in the 1998 edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis.[3] BWV numbers 1127 and 1128 were assigned in the 21st century.[4][5]

BWV Anhang 1–213

Appearing in the BWV Anhang:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 Listed as spurious in Anhang III of the 1998 edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis[3]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 Listed as doubtful in Anhang II of the 1998 edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis[3]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Appears, in whole or in part, in the 1722 or 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.[10]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Published in Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesang-Buch.[12]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Published in Clavier-Übung III.[14]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 Appears, in whole or in part, in the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.[18]

References

  1. Wolfgang Schmieder (editor). Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1950. Unaltered up unto its eighth printing in 1986.
  2. (BWV2) Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, überarbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1990. ISBN 3765102555 - ISBN 978-3765102554
  3. 1 2 3 4 Schmieder, Dürr, and Kobayashi 1998
  4. 1 2 Bach Digital Work 1307
  5. 1 2 Joel H. Kuznik. "BWV 1128: A recently discovered Bach organ work" pp. 22–23 in The Diapason, Vol. 99 No. 22. December 2008. (archived July 21, 2011)
  6. Melamed 1995 pp. 89–97
  7. Bach Digital Work 0036 at www.bachdigital.de
  8. Boyd, Malcolm (1999). Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-19-866208-4.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Bach's secular cantatas in BWV order, each followed by a link to the Bach Digital Work (BDW) page of the cantata at the Bach Digital website:
    1. BWV 30a (BDW 0039)
    2. BWV 36a (BDW 0049)
    3. BWV 36b (BDW 0050)
    4. BWV 36c (BDW 0051)
    5. BWV 66a (BDW 0083)
    6. BWV 134a (BDW 0166)
    7. BWV 173a (BDW 0211)
    8. BWV 184a (BDW 0223)
    9. BWV 193a (BDW 0235)
    10. BWV 194a (BDW 0239)
    11. BWV 198 (BDW 0246)
    12. BWV 201 (BDW 0251)
    13. BWV 202 (BDW 0252)
    14. BWV 203 (BDW 0253)
    15. BWV 204 (BDW 0254)
    16. BWV 205 (BDW 0255)
    17. BWV 205a (BDW 0256)
    18. BWV 206, first version (BDW 0257)
    19. BWV 206, second version (BDW 0258)
    20. BWV 207 (BDW 0259)
    21. BWV 207a (BDW 0260)
    22. BWV 208, first version (BDW 0261)
    23. BWV 208, second version (BDW 0262)
    24. BWV 208a (BDW 0263)
    25. BWV 209 (BDW 0264)
    26. BWV 210 (BDW 0265)
    27. BWV 210a (BDW 0266)
    28. BWV 211 (BDW 0267)
    29. BWV 212 (BDW 0268)
    30. BWV 213 (BDW 0269)
    31. BWV 214 (BDW 0270)
    32. BWV 215 (BDW 0271)
    33. BWV 216 (BDW 0272)
    34. BWV 216a (BDW 0273)
    35. BWV 249a (BDW 0318)
    36. BWV 249b (BDW 0319)
    37. BWV Anh. 6 (BDW 1314)
    38. BWV Anh. 7 (BDW 1315)
    39. BWV Anh. 8 (BDW 1316)
    40. BWV Anh. 9 (BDW 1317)
    41. BWV Anh. 10 (BDW 1318)
    42. BWV Anh. 11 (BDW 1319)
    43. BWV Anh. 12 (BDW 1320)
    44. BWV Anh. 13 (BDW 1321)
    45. BWV Anh. 18 (BDW 1326)
    46. BWV Anh. 19 (BDW 1327)
    47. BWV Anh. 20 (BDW 1328)
    48. BWV Anh. 195 (BDW 1506)
    49. BWV Anh. 196 (BDW 1507)
  10. Georg von Dadelsen, editor. New Bach Edition, Series V: Keyboard and Lute Works, Vol. 4: The Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach from 1722 and 1725. Bärenreiter: Score (1957, 21963, 31978, 42014) and Critical Commentary (1957)
  11. Boyd, Malcolm (1999). Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-19-866208-4.
  12. Georg Christian Schemelli, editor; Johann Sebastian Bach, composer and arranger. Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, darinnen 954 geistreiche, sowohl alte als neue Lieder und Arien, mit wohlgesetzten Melodien, in Discont und Baß, befindlich sind: Vornehmlich denen Evangelischen Gemeinen im Stifte, Naumburg-Zeitz gewidmet. Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, 1736
  13. Williams 2003, 59.
  14. Johann Sebastian Bach. Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung bestehend in verschiedenen Vorspielen über die Catechismus- und andere Gesaenge, vor die Orgel: Denen Liebhabern, in besonders denen Kennern von dergleichen Arbeit, zur Gemüths Ergezung verfertiget. Leipzig: (published by the composer), 1739
  15. 1 2 Williams 2003, 163.
  16. Williams 2003, 190.
  17. Pedal-Exercitium (fragment) BWV 598 at www.bach-digital.de
  18. US-NHub Music Deposit 31 (Klavierbüchlein für W. F. Bach) at Bach Digital website
  19. 1 2 3 Christoph Wolff, "Bach, John Sebastian: Works", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 29 December 2011 (subscription required)
  20. Williams 2003, 442.
  21. Williams 2003, 445–46.
  22. 1 2 Williams 2003, 446.
  23. Choralbearbeitung Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Fuge) BWV 733 at bach-digital.de
  24. Bach Digital Work No. 1005 at www.bachdigital.de
  25. BDW 1114
  26. BDW 1115
  27. BDW 1116
  28. BDW 1117
  29. BDW 1118
  30. Fantasia and fugue, a BWV 944 at www.bach-digital.de
  31. Talbot, Michael (2011). The Vivaldi Compendium. Boydell Press. p. 54. ISBN 9781843836704.
  32. Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerti nach Vivaldi u.a. - III at www.crescendo-music.com
  33. Ripin, Edwin M. & Wraight, Denzil. "Lute-harpsichord". In L. Root, Deane. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Basso, Alberto. 1979. Frau Musika: la vita e le opere di J.S. Bach, EDT. ISBN 978-88-7063-011-4, p. 702.
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 Kirsten Beißwenger (ed.) Werke zweifelhafter Echtheit, Bearbeitungen fremder Kompositionen (Volume 9 of Series II: Masses, Passions, Oratorios from the New Bach Edition). Bärenreiter, 2000.
  36. Williams 2003, 549.
  37. Perreault 2004, 56.
  38. 1 2 3 4 5 Marx, Wolfgang (2000). Bach: Chorales, Motet BWV 118, Quodlibet, Notenbüchlein for A.M. Bach (Bach 2000, Vol. 87) (Media notes). Koopman, Gritton, et al. Teldec Classics. p. 8.
  39. Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält BWV 1128; BWV Anh. 71; Emans 195 at www.bachdigital.de
  40. Spitta 1884, p. 374 ff.
  41. Frederick Hudson and Alfred Dürr. "An Investigation into the Authenticity of Bach's ‘Kleine Magnificat’" in Music and Letters XXXVI (3), 1955 – pp. 233-236
  42. Andreas Glöckner. "Die Leipziger Neukirchenmusik und das 'Kleine Magnificat' BWV Anh. 21" in Bach-Jahrbuch 1982, pp. 97-102
  43. Mass, a BWV Anh. 24 / Anh. III 167‑>; BNB I/P/6 at www.bach-digital.de
  44. Missa (Kyrie and Gloria), C BWV Anh. 25; BNB I/An/1 at www.bachdigital.de
  45. Mass, c BWV Anh. 29; BNB I/An/2 at www.bach-digital.de
  46. Magnificat in C BWV Anh. 30; BNB I/An/7 at www.bach-digital.de
  47. Magnificat in C major BWV Anh 30 at www.bach-cantatas.com
  48. 1 2 3 4 5 Schmieder, Dürr, and Kobayashi 1998, p. 469
  49. Bach Digital Work 1433
  50. Bach Digital Work 1434
  51. Bach Digital Work 1435
  52. Bach Digital Work 1436
  53. Bach Digital Work 1441
  54. Bach Digital Work 1442
  55. Mass in E minor, BWV Anh 166 at www.bach-cantatas.com
  56. Geiringer, Karl and Irene. The Bach Family: Seven Generations of Creative Genius, footnote p. 117. New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
  57. Missa (Kyrie and Gloria), e JLB 38; BWV Anh. 166; BNB I/B/18 at www.bachdigital.de
  58. Missa, G BWV Anh. 167; BNB I/An/3 at www.bach-digital.de
  59. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 659 at www.bach-digital.de
  60. Alfred Dörffel. "Statistik der Concerte im Saale des Gewandhauses zu Leipzig" p. 3, in Geschichte der Gewandhausconcerte zu Leipzig vom 25. November 1781 bis 25. November 1881: Im Auftrage der Concert-Direction verfasst. Leipzig, 1884.
  61. BDW 1479
  62. Bach Digital Work 1494
  63. François Couperin. Second Livre de pièces de Clavecin. Paris: Foucault (1717), pp. 8–9

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