6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Copyist Anna Magdalena Bach (1701–1760)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1727-31).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 269
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Copyist Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1726).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 804 (pp.249-76)
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Copyist Johann Nikolaus Schober (?-?)
Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-99).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 289 (pp.71-112)
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Copyist Anonymous
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1775-1800).
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Editor Louis-Pierre Norblin (1781–1854)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Janet et Cotelle, n.d.[1824]. Plate 1497.
Reprinted Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: H.A. Probst, n.d.[1825]. Plate 165.
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Editor Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1826]. Plate 4346.
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Editor Friedrich Grützmacher (1832–1903)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238b, n.d.[1866]. Plate 4546.
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Editor Friedrich Grützmacher (1832–1903)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238a, n.d.[1867]. Plate 4962.
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Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 27.1 (pp.59-94)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1879. Plate B.W. XXVII (1).
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Editor Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate V.A. 1236.
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Editor Robert Hausmann (1852–1909)
Engraver Leipzig: F.W. Garbrecht.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d.[1898]. Plate 882.
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Editor Alwin Schroeder (1855–1928)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, n.d. Plate 7182.
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Editor Julius Klengel (1859–1933)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 22879.
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Editor Hugo Becker (1863–1941)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238, n.d.(ca.1911). Plate 9148.
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Editor Fernand Pollain (1879–1955)
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Durand & fils, 1918. Plate D. & F. 9546.
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Editor Joseph Malkin (1879–1969)
Publisher. Info. Carl Fischer Music Library, L841
New York: Carl Fischer, 1918. Plate 20626-46.
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Editor Cornélis Liégeois (1860–1921)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Lemoine, 1920. Plate 21313 P. 1062 H.
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Editor Diran Alexanian (1881–1954)
Language English / French / German
Translator Frederick Fairbanks (18XX–1945), preface, English text
Richard Sturzenegger (1905–1976), preface, German text
Publisher. Info. Paris: Francois Salabert S.A., 1929. Plate SECA 16.
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Editor August Wenzinger (1905–1996)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1950. Plate BA 320.
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Misc. Notes Score redacted to exclude editorial fingerings and bowings.
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Editor Hans Eppstein (1911–2008)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VI, Band 2 (pp.1-52, 53-104)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1988. Plate BA 5068.
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Misc. Notes Text I: Based on copies of Anna Magdalena Bach, Johann Peter Kellner
Text II: Based in anonymous copy (2nd half, 18th cent.)
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Editor Werner Icking (1943–2001)
Publisher. Info. Werner Icking Estate, 1997.
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Editor Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
Publisher. Info. YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library
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Misc. Notes This edition without slurs was edited based on the manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and Anna Magdalena Bach. Normal notation version of 5th suite and transposed version (in G major) of 6th suite are included.
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Editor Cellofun.eu
Publisher. Info. Cellofun.eu
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Misc. Notes See editor's notes.
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Editor Hajime Eda (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Hajime Eda, 2024.
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Misc. Notes This is one of the solutions based on the Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript. The source file and the latest version are here. There are similar files regarding BWV 1001-1006.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Cello or Viola and Piano (Schumann and Stade)
Arranger Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Editor Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817–1902)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, n.d. [1871].
Reprinted Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 7311.
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For Cello and Piano (Grädener)
Arranger Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812–1883)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: H. Pohle, n.d.[1871]. Plate H.P. 19. 115.
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For Bass Clarinet (Boulanger)
Arranger Frédéric Boulanger (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Frédéric Boulanger
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Misc. Notes Model with low C required.
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For Violin (David)
Arranger Ferdinand David (1810–1873)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, n.d.(ca.1866). Plate G. 114 H.
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Misc. Notes Comments and background
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For Violin (Ebner)

5 more: No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 • No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 • No.4 in E♭ major, BWV 1010 • No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 • No.6 in D minor, BWV 1012

Arranger Josef Ebner (fl.1903-1921)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig/Zürich: Gebrüder Hug, n.d.(ca.1913). Plate G.H. 5151.
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Misc. Notes Scanned at 600dpi grayscale, converted to monochrome.
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For Violin (Icking)
Arranger Werner Icking (1943–2001)
Publisher. Info. Werner Icking Estate, 1997.
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Viola (Icking)
Arranger Werner Icking (1943–2001)
Publisher. Info. Werner Icking Estate, 1997.
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Viola (Spindler)
Arranger F. Spindler, presumably Fritz Spindler II (1902–1984)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29137.
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Misc. Notes It seems to be a reissue of Hofmeister Edition. Spindler was a Viola player in Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. -- when was the Hofmeister edition published? Worldcat turns up nothing more recent than 1953- did Spindler leave his arrangement in manuscript?
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For Viola (Yokoyama)
Arranger Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
Publisher. Info. YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library
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Misc. Notes This edition without slurs was edited based on the manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and Anna Magdalena Bach. Normal notation version of 5th suite and transposed version (in G major) of 6th suite are included. Editor's Notes
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For 7 Cellos (Orefice)
Arranger Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Pietro Orefice, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Unveiled 7 cellos canon structure of one mvmt per Suite = 7th immanent Suite: 1. Suite #4, BWV1010: Preludium , 2. Suite #1, BWV 1007: Allemande, 3. Suite #5, BWV 1011: Courante, 4. Suite #2, BWV 1008: Sarabande, 5 & 6. Suite 3, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & II, 7. Suite 6, BWV 1012: Gigue
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For 5 Cellos (Orefice)

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Jehandulac (2022/2/12)

Arranger Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Pietro Orefice, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Unveiled 5 cellos canon structure for some pieces: 1. Suite #4, BWV1010: Preludium , 2. Suite #1, BWV 1007: Allemande, 3. Suite #5, BWV 1011: Courante, 4. Suite #2, BWV 1008: Sarabande, 5 & 6. Suite 3, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & II, 7. Suite 6, BWV 1012: Gigue
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For 3 Cellos (Orefice)

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Arranger Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Pietro Orefice, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Double canon structure unveiled for BWV 1007 to BWV 1012, 3 Cellos and 7 Cellos
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For Bass Recorder (Perry)
Arranger Philip Perry
Publisher. Info. Philip Perry
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Misc. Notes 7 selections (#220993), 9 selections (#220994)
These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Ukulele (Preece)
Arranger Thomas Preece
Publisher. Info. Thomas Preece
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For Trombone or Euphonium (Balparda de Carvalho)
Arranger Daniel Balparda de Carvalho (b. 1975)
Publisher. Info. Daniel Balparda de Carvalho, 2021.
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Misc. Notes see below
  1. Suite #1, BWV 1007: Menuet I & II
  2. Suite #2, BWV 1008: Prélude
  3. Suite #3, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & II
  4. Suite #4, BWV 1010: Bourrée I & II
  5. Suite #5, BWV 1011: Allemande & Sarabande
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For Lute (MacKillop)
Arranger Rob MacKillop
Editor Miles Dempster
Publisher. Info. Montreal: Score Conversions, 1998.
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Misc. Notes In French tablature.
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For Violin (Bonds)
Arranger Alan Ernest Bonds
Publisher. Info. Alan Ernest Bonds
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Misc. Notes Quality edited performing parts & typeset from the urtext
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For Viola (Bonds)
Arranger Alan Ernest Bonds
Publisher. Info. Alan Ernest Bonds
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Misc. Notes Quality edited performing parts & typeset from the urtext
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For Piano (Foote)
Arranger Arthur Foote (1853–1937)
Publisher. Info. Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1885. Plate 645.
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Misc. Notes Sarabande from Suite No.6 and Courante from Suite No.1
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For 3 Cellos (Orefice)
Arranger Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Pietro Orefice, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Hidden Canons Guide for the 6 Cello Suites, only the time delays are reported here, short document.
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Editor Giovanni Pietro Orefice (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Pietro Orefice, 2023.
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Misc. Notes New solutions found for 1st and 2nd Suite Préludes, without exceptions
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General Information

Work Title 6 Cello Suites
Alternative. Title
Name Translations 无伴奏大提琴组曲; 無伴奏大提琴組曲; Suitoj por violonĉelo sola; Suity na wiolonczelę solo J. S. Bacha; Biolontxelo Solorako Suitak; [23 more...]무반주 첼로 모음곡; Suites pour violoncelle seul; Сюиты для виолончели соло; Suites para violonchelo solo; Cello Suites; Suites per a violoncel sol; Sellosarjat; Csellószvitek; Suites per violoncello solo; Suiten für Violoncello solo; Chwe Chyfres ar gyfer Sielo Digyfeiliant; Cellosuitar av Bach; 無伴奏チェロ組曲; Suity pro sólové violoncello; Šest suita za violončelo solo; Zes suites voor onbegeleide cello; Suítes para Violoncelo; Suiter for cello solo; Թավջութակի սուիտներ (Բախ); Viyolonsel Süitleri, BWV 1007-1012 (Bach); Tổ khúc cello (Bach); سوئیت ویولنسل (باخ); Suite za violončelo solo
Name Aliases 무반주 첼로 모음곡(바흐); Suites per a violoncel sol de Bach; Suite per violoncello solo; Sei suites a violoncello solo senza basso; Sei suites per violoncello solo; [8 more...]Bachsuiten; Cellosuite; Seks Suitar for Cello; Suity pro violoncello; Zes suites voor onbegeleide cello (J.S. Bach); Seis Suítes para Violoncelo Solo; Bachove suite; Suite za violončelo
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 193652248; GND: 300011539; BNF: 139093949
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 1007-1012
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 suites:
  1. Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
  2. Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008
  3. Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009
  4. Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
  5. Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011
  6. Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1717-23
First Publication. 1824* - Paris: Janet & Cotelle
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation cello*
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Extra Information [*] Composition and publication history