List of keyboard and lute compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach


Keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach traditionally refers to Chapter 8 in the BWV catalogue or the fifth series of the New Bach Edition, both of which list compositions for a solo keyboard instrument like the harpsichord or the clavichord. Despite the fact that the organ is also a keyboard instrument, and that in Bach's time the distinction wasn't always made whether a keyboard composition was for organ or another keyboard instrument, Wolfgang Schmieder ranged organ compositions in a separate section of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. Also other compositions for keyboard, like compositions for lute-harpsichord and fortepiano were listed outside the "Klavierwerke" range by Schmieder. Lute works are in the range 995–1000, Chapter 9 in the BWV catalogue.

Works for keyboard (BWV 772–994)

[Inventions and Sinfonias] (772–801)

  • BWV 772 – Invention No. 1 in C major
  • BWV 772a – Invention No. 1 in C major
  • BWV 773 – Invention No. 2 in C minor
  • BWV 774 – Invention No. 3 in D major
  • BWV 775 – Invention No. 4 in D minor
  • BWV 776 – Invention No. 5 in E-flat major
  • BWV 777 – Invention No. 6 in E major
  • BWV 778 – Invention No. 7 in E minor
  • BWV 779 – Invention No. 8 in F major
  • BWV 780 – Invention No. 9 in F minor
  • BWV 781 – Invention No. 10 in G major
  • BWV 782 – Invention No. 11 in G minor
  • BWV 783 – Invention No. 12 in A major
  • BWV 784 – Invention No. 13 in A minor
  • BWV 785 – Invention No. 14 in B-flat major
  • BWV 786 – Invention No. 15 in B minor
  • BWV 787 – Sinfonia No. 1 in C major
  • BWV 788 – Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor
  • BWV 789 – Sinfonia No. 3 in D major
  • BWV 790 – Sinfonia No. 4 in D minor
  • BWV 791 – Sinfonia No. 5 in E-flat major
  • BWV 792 – Sinfonia No. 6 in E major
  • BWV 793 – Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor
  • BWV 794 – Sinfonia No. 8 in F major
  • BWV 795 – Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor
  • BWV 796 – Sinfonia No. 10 in G major
  • BWV 797 – Sinfonia No. 11 in G minor
  • BWV 798 – Sinfonia No. 12 in A major
  • BWV 799 – Sinfonia No. 13 in A minor
  • BWV 800 – Sinfonia No. 14 in B-flat major
  • BWV 801 – Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor

    Four Duets from Clavier-Übung III">Clavier-Übung III#Four duets BWV 802–805">Clavier-Übung III (802–805)

  • BWV 802 – Duet in E minor
  • BWV 803 – Duet in F major
  • BWV 804 – Duet in G major
  • BWV 805 – Duet in A minor

    English Suites">English Suites (Bach)">English Suites (806–811)

  • BWV 806 – English Suite No. 1 in A major
  • BWV 807 – English Suite No. 2 in A minor
  • BWV 808 – English Suite No. 3 in G minor
  • BWV 809 – English Suite No. 4 in F major
  • BWV 810 – English Suite No. 5 in E minor
  • BWV 811 – English Suite No. 6 in D minor

    [French Suites] (812–817)

  • BWV 812 – French Suite No. 1 in D minor
  • BWV 813 – French Suite No. 2 in C minor
  • BWV 813a – French Suite No. 2 in C minor
  • BWV 814 – French Suite No. 3 in B minor
  • BWV 815 – French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
  • BWV 815a – French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
  • BWV 816 – French Suite No. 5 in G major
  • BWV 817 – French Suite No. 6 in E major

    Miscellaneous suites (818–824)

  • BWV 818 – Suite in A minor
  • BWV 818a – Suite in A minor
  • BWV 819 – Suite in E-flat major
  • BWV 819a – Suite in E-flat major
  • BWV 820 – Overture in F major
  • BWV 821 – Suite in B-flat major
  • BWV 822 – Suite in G minor,
  • BWV 823 – Suite in F minor
  • BWV 824 – Suite in A major

    ''Clavier-Übung I'': Partitas for keyboard (825–830)

Clavier-Übung I, six Partitas for keyboard:
  1. BWV 825 – Partita in B-flat major
  2. BWV 826 – Partita in C minor
  3. BWV 827 – Partita in A minor
  4. BWV 828 – Partita in D major
  5. BWV 829 – Partita in G major
  6. BWV 830 – Partita in E minor

    French Overture, from [List of compositions by [Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime#Clavier-Übung II|Clavier-Übung II]] (831)

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I:
  1. BWV 846Prelude and Fugue in C major
  2. * BWV 846a – Prelude in C major
  3. BWV 847 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
  4. * BWV 847a – Prelude in C minor
  5. BWV 848 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
  6. BWV 849 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
  7. BWV 850 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
  8. * BWV 850a – Prelude in D major
  9. BWV 851 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor
  10. * BWV 851a – Prelude in D minor
  11. BWV 852 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
  12. BWV 853 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor
  13. BWV 854 – Prelude and Fugue in E major
  14. BWV 855 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor
  15. * BWV 855a – Prelude in E minor, and Fughetta
  16. BWV 856 – Prelude and Fugue in F major
  17. BWV 857 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor
  18. BWV 858 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major
  19. BWV 859 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
  20. BWV 860 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
  21. BWV 861 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
  22. BWV 862 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major
  23. BWV 863 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
  24. BWV 864 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
  25. BWV 865 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  26. BWV 866 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
  27. BWV 867 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor
  28. BWV 868 – Prelude and Fugue in B major
  29. BWV 869 – Prelude and Fugue in B minor
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II:
  1. BWV 870 – Prelude and Fugue in C major
  2. * BWV 870a – Prelude and Fugue in C major
  3. * BWV 870b – Prelude in C major
  4. BWV 871 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
  5. BWV 872 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
  6. * BWV 872a – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major
  7. BWV 873 – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
  8. BWV 874 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
  9. BWV 875 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor
  10. * BWV 875a – Prelude in D minor
  11. BWV 876 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
  12. BWV 877 – Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor
  13. BWV 878 – Prelude and Fugue in E major
  14. BWV 879 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor
  15. BWV 880 – Prelude and Fugue in F major
  16. BWV 881 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor
  17. BWV 882 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major
  18. BWV 883 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
  19. BWV 884 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
  20. BWV 885 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
  21. BWV 886 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major
  22. BWV 887 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
  23. BWV 888 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
  24. BWV 889 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  25. BWV 890 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major
  26. BWV 891 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor
  27. BWV 892 – Prelude and Fugue in B major
  28. BWV 893 – Prelude and Fugue in B minor

    Preludes">Prelude (music)">Preludes and [fugue]s, [toccata]s and fantasias">fantasia (music)">fantasias (894–923)

  • BWV 894 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 895 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 896 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
  • BWV 897 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 898 – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major on the name B-A-C-H
  • BWV 899 – Prelude and Fughetta in D minor
  • BWV 900 – Prelude and Fughetta in E minor
  • BWV 901 – Prelude and Fughetta in F major
  • BWV 902 – Prelude and Fughetta in G major
  • BWV 902a – Prelude in G major
  • BWV 903 – Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
  • BWV 903a – Chromatic Fantasia in D minor
  • BWV 904 – Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 905 – Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
  • BWV 906 – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
  • BWV 907 – Fantasia and Fughetta in B-flat major
  • BWV 908 – Fantasia and Fughetta in D major
  • BWV 909 – Concerto and Fugue in C minor
  • BWV 910 – Toccata in F-sharp minor
  • BWV 911 – Toccata in C minor
  • BWV 912 – Toccata in D major
  • BWV 913 – Toccata in D minor
  • BWV 914 – Toccata in E minor
  • BWV 915 – Toccata in G minor
  • BWV 916 – Toccata in G major
  • BWV 917 – Fantasia in G minor
  • BWV 918 – Fantasia in C minor
  • BWV 919 – Fantasia in C minor
  • BWV 920 – Fantasia in G minor
  • BWV 921 – Prelude in C minor
  • BWV 922 – Prelude in A minor
  • BWV 923 – Prelude in B minor
  • BWV 923a – Prelude

    Nine Little Preludes from Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's Klavierbüchlein (924–932)

Indicated as "Neun kleine Präludien aus dem Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" in the Bach-Werke Verzeichnis:
  1. BWV 924 – Prelude in C major
BWV 924a – Prelude in C major
  1. BWV 925 – Prelude in D major
  2. BWV 926 – Prelude in D minor
  3. BWV 927 – Prelude in F major
  4. BWV 928 – Prelude in F major
  5. BWV 929 – Prelude in G minor
  6. BWV 930 – Prelude in G minor
  7. BWV 931 – Prelude in A minor
  8. BWV 932 – Prelude in E minor

    Six Little Preludes (933–938)

An 18th-century set of short preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach:
  1. BWV 933 – Little Prelude in C major
  2. BWV 934 – Little Prelude in C minor
  3. BWV 935Little Prelude in D minor
  4. BWV 936 – Little Prelude in D major
  5. BWV 937 – Little Prelude in E major
  6. BWV 938Little Prelude in E minor

    Johann Peter Kellner (939–943)">Five Little Preludes (939–943)

Five short preludes found in the manuscript P 804 :
  1. BWV 939 – Prelude in C major
  2. BWV 940 – Prelude in D minor
  3. BWV 941 – Prelude in E minor
  4. BWV 942 – Prelude in A minor
  5. BWV 943 – Prelude in C major

    Fugues and fughettas (944–962)

  • BWV 944 – Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 945 – Fugue in E minor
  • BWV 946 – Fugue in C major
  • BWV 947 – Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 948 – Fugue in D minor
  • BWV 949 – Fugue in A major
  • BWV 950 – Fugue in A major on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni
  • BWV 951 – Fugue in B minor on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni
  • BWV 951a – Fugue in B minor
  • BWV 952 – Fugue in C major
  • BWV 953 – Fugue in C major
  • BWV 954 – Fugue in B-flat major on a theme by Johann Adam Reincken
  • BWV 955 – Fugue in B-flat major
  • BWV 956 – Fugue in E minor
  • BWV 957 – Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt
  • BWV 958 – Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 959 – Fugue in A minor
  • BWV 960 – Fugue in E minor
  • BWV 961 – Fughetta in C minor
  • BWV 962 – Fughetta in E minor

    [Sonata]s and sonata movements (963–970)

  • BWV 963 – Sonata in D major
  • BWV 964 – Sonata in D minor
  • BWV 965 – Sonata in A minor
  • BWV 966 – Sonata in C major
  • BWV 967 – Sonata in A minor
  • BWV 968 – Adagio in G major
  • BWV 969 – Andante in G minor
  • BWV 970 – Presto in D minor

    Italian Concerto, from Clavier-Übung II">List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime#Clavier-Übung II">Clavier-Übung II (971)

  • BWV 971 – Italian Concerto, in F major

    Keyboard arrangements of concerti by other composers (972–987)

  • BWV 972 – Concerto in D major
  • BWV 973 – Concerto in G major
  • BWV 974Concerto in D minor
  • BWV 975 – Concerto in G minor
  • BWV 976 – Concerto in C major
  • BWV 977 – Concerto in C major
  • BWV 978Concerto in F major
  • BWV 979 – Concerto in B minor
  • BWV 980 – Concerto in G major
  • BWV 981 – Concerto in C minor
  • BWV 982 – Concerto in B-flat major
  • BWV 983 – Concerto in G minor
  • BWV 984 – Concerto in C major
  • BWV 985 – Concerto in G minor
  • BWV 986 – Concerto in G major
  • BWV 987 – Concerto in D minor

    Variations">Variation (music)">Variations and miscellaneous pieces for keyboard (988–994)

  • BWV 988 – Goldberg Variations
  • BWV 989 – Aria variata alla maniera italiana, in A minor
  • BWV 990 – Sarabande con Partite in C major
  • BWV 991 – Air with variations in C minor
  • BWV 992 – Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, in B-flat major
  • BWV 993 – Capriccio in E major
  • BWV 994 – Applicatio in C major

    Works for solo lute (BWV 995–1000)

  • BWV 995 – Suite in G minor
  • BWV 996 – Suite in E minor, BWV 996|Suite in E minor]
  • BWV 997 – Suite in C minor, BWV 997|Suite in C minor]
  • BWV 998 – Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major
  • BWV 999 – Prelude in C minor
  • BWV 1000 – Fugue in G minor

    Works for keyboard and lute in the eighth and ninth chapters of the ''Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis'' (1998)

Other keyboard and lute compositions

Canons (BWV 1072–1078)

Late contrapuntal works (BWV 1079–1080)

Piano transcriptions