Joh. Seb. Bach's Werke

Bach Gesellschaft edition Vol. 1, p. 1: start of the score of BWV 1.

Joh. Seb. Bach's Werke (lit. 'Joh. Seb. Bach's works') is the Bach Gesellschaft's collected edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions, published in 61 volumes in the second half of the 19th century. The series is also known as Bach-Gesellschaft edition (German: Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe; BGA), or as Bach-Gesamtausgabe (BG; lit. 'Bach complete edition'). It is a German-language edition: title pages and notes by editors are exclusively in German.

A supplemental volume was published in 1926, a quarter of a century after the Bach Gesellschaft's dissolution. Another late addition to the series was Max Schneider's 1935 revision of the fourth volume. All volumes, including the 20th-century additions, were published by Breitkopf & Härtel. As a complete edition of Bach's works it was succeeded by the New Bach Edition, published between 1954 and 2007.

Volumes

The Year (Yr.) in the second column refers to the volume's date of publication, that is the date of the editor's Vorwort ('Preface') if different from the date on the title page.[1][2][3]

Volumes of Joh. Seb. Bach's Werke[1][2][3]
V. Yr. Title Editor Content[4]
01 1851 Kirchencantaten I Hauptmann Church cantatas BWV 1–10[5][6]
02 1852 Kirchencantaten II Hauptmann Church cantatas BWV 11–20[7][8]
03 1853 Clavierwerke I Becker Keyboard music BWV 552, 669–689, 772–805, 825–831, 910–911, 944, 971, 988[9][10]
04 1854 Passionsmusik: Matthäus Rietz St Matthew Passion[11][12]
05.1 1855 Kirchencantaten III Rust Church cantatas BWV 21–30[13][14]
05.2 1856 Weihnachts-Oratorium Rust Christmas Oratorio[15][16]
06.1 1856 Messe H moll Rietz Mass in B minor[17][18]
06.2 1857 Messe H moll: 2te Hälfte Rietz Mass in B minor II–IV (revised)[19][20]
07 1857 Kirchencantaten IV Rust Church cantatas BWV 31–40[21][22]
08 1858 Messen Hauptmann Kyrie–Gloria masses BWV 233–236[23][24]
09 1860 Kammermusik I Rust Chamber music BWV 1014–1019, 1025, 1027–1032, 1037–1039[25][26]
10 1860 Kirchencantaten V Rust Church cantatas BWV 41–50[27][28]
11.1 1862 Magnificat D dur; 4 Sanctus Rust Magnificat BWV 243; Sanctus BWV 237–240[29][30]
11.2 1862 Kammermusik für Gesang I Rust Secular cantatas BWV 201–205[31][32]
12.1 1863 Passionsmusik: Johannes Rust St John Passion[33][34]
12.2 1863 Kirchencantaten VI Rust Church cantatas BWV 51–60[35][36]
13.1 1864 Trauungs-Cantaten Rust Church cantatas for weddings BWV 195–197, 250–252 (Three Wedding Chorales)[37][38]
13.2 1865 Clavierwerke II Espagne Keyboard music BWV 806–817 (English Suites; French Suites)[39][40]
13.3 1865 Trauer-Ode Rust Mourning Ode, BWV 198[41][42]
14 1866 Clavierwerke III Kroll [d] Keyboard music BWV 846–893 (The Well-Tempered Clavier)[43][44]
15 1867 Orgelwerke I Rust Organ music BWV 525–539, 541–548, 564–566, 582[45][46]
16 1868 Kirchencantaten VII Rust Church cantatas BWV 61–70[47][48]
17 1869 Kammermusik II Rust Chamber music BWV 1044, 1052–1058[49][50]
18 1870 Kirchencantaten VIII Rust Church cantatas BWV 71–80[51][52]
19 1871 Kammermusik III Rust Chamber music BWV 1046–1051 (Brandenburg Concertos)[53][54]
20.1 1872 Kirchencantaten IX Rust Church cantatas BWV 81–90[55][56]
20.2 1873 Kammermusik für Gesang II Rust Secular cantatas BWV 206–207.2[57][58]
21.1 1874 Kammermusik IV Rust Chamber music BWV 1041–1043, 1045[59][60]
21.2 1874 Kammermusik V Rust Chamber music BWV 1060–1062[61][62]
21.3 1874 Oster-Oratorium Rust Easter Oratorio[63][64]
22 1875 Kirchencantaten X Rust Church cantatas BWV 91–100[65][66]
23 1876 Kirchencantaten XI Rust Church cantatas BWV 101–110[67][68]
24 1876 Kirchencantaten XII Dörffel Church cantatas BWV 111–120[69][70]
25.1 1878 Die Kunst der Fuge Rust The Art of Fugue[71][72]
25.2 1878 Orgelwerke II Rust Chorale preludes BWV 599–668[73][74]
26 1878 Kirchencantaten XIII Dörffel Church cantatas BWV 121–130[75][76]
27.1 1879 Kammermusik VI Dörffel Chamber music BWV 1001–1012 (Sonatas and Partitas for Violin; Cello Suites)[77][78]
27.2 1879 Verzeichniss I Dörffel Catalogue BWV 1–120[77][79]
28 1881 Kirchencantaten XIV Rust Church cantatas BWV 131–140[80][81]
29 1881 Kammermusik für Gesang III Waldersee [d] Secular cantatas BWV 134.1, 208–212; Church cantata BWV 194[82][83]
30 1884 Kirchencantaten XV Waldersee [d] Church cantatas BWV 141–150[84][85]
31.1 1885 Orchesterwerke Dörffel Orchestral suites BWV 1066–1069; Sinfonia BWV 1046.1[86][87]
31.2 1885 Musikalisches Opfer Dörffel The Musical Offering[86][88]
31.3 1885 Kammermusik VII Waldersee [d] Chamber music BWV 1063–1064[86][89]
32 1886 Kirchencantaten XVI Naumann Church cantatas BWV 151–160[90][91]
33 1887 Kirchencantaten XVII Wüllner Church cantatas BWV 161–170[84][92]
34 1887 Kammermusik für Gesang IV Waldersee [d] Secular cantatas BWV 30.1, 36.1, 36.3, 173.1, 207.2, 213–215[93][94]
35 1888 Kirchencantaten XVIII Dörffel Church cantatas BWV 171–180[95][96]
36 1890 Clavierwerke IV Naumann Keyboard music BWV 818–822 (suites); various pieces in the BWV 841–999 range[97][98]
37 1891 Kirchencantaten XIX Dörffel Church cantatas BWV 181–190[99][100]
38 1891 Orgelwerke III Naumann Organ music BWV 131a, 549–551, 553–563, 567–580, 583, 585, 587–595, 598[101][102]
39 1892 Motetten, Choräle, Lieder Wüllner Motets BWV 225–231, Anh. 159; Four-part chorales and songs BWV 253–518[103][104]
40 1893 Orgelwerke IV Naumann Chorale preludes BWV 690–771[105][106]
41 1894 Kirchenmusikwerke Dörffel Church music BWV 34.2, 120.2, 178, 191–193, 197.1, 199.2, 217–220, 241–242[107][108]
42 1894 Clavierwerke V Naumann Keyboard music BWV 592a; various pieces in the BWV 821–1006.2 range[109][110]
43.1 1894 Kammermusik VIII Waldersee [d] Chamber music BWV 1023, 1026, 1033–1035, 1065[111][112]
43.2 1894 Notenbüchern A. M. Bach Waldersee [d] Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach[84][113]
44 1895 Handschrift Kretzschmar Manuscript facsimiles[84][114]
45.1 1897 Instrumentalwerke Dörffel Instrumental music BWV 806–817 (rev.); Canons; Klavierbüchlein W. F. Bach; etc.[84][115]
45.2 1898 Passionsmusik: Lucas Dörffel St Luke Passion[84][116]
46 1899 Verzeichniss II Kretzschmar Catalogue BWV 121ff[84][117]
— 1926 Die Kunst der Fuge Graeser [d] The Art of Fugue (revised)[84][118]
— 1935 Passionsmusik: Matthäus Schneider St Matthew Passion (revised)[119]

Reception

Gustav Mahler owned 59 of the 61 volumes of the Bach-Gesamtausgabe, and used them for his arrangements of some of Bach's compositions.[120]

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