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

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		Movements/Sections 6 suites: Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012 Composition Year 1720? Genre Categories Suites; For cello; Scores featuring the cello; For 1 player; For violoncello piccolo; Scores featuring the violoncello piccolo; For cello, piano (arr); For 2 players; Scores featuring the piano; For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola; For recorder (arr); Scores featuring the recorder; For violin (arr); Scores featuring the violin; For viola (arr)

Sheet Music

• Cello Scores (19)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (20)

Cello Scores

 Complete score (color scan)
*#215391 - 62.27MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 10154x⇩

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 Complete score
*#07437 - 35.75MB, 37 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (60) - V/V/V - 39815x⇩

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Generoso (2007/6/5)

Editor:

Anna Magdalena Bach, copyist

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Manuscript, n.d.

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D B Mus. ms. Bach P 269

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 Complete Score
*#75794 - 7.86MB, 27 pp. -  6.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (15) - V/V/V - 22658x⇩

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Andrewt (2010/8/21)

Editor:

Johann Peter Kellner, copyist

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Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1726).

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Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000

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source "B". 600 dpi. The various blank spots and general illegibility are present in the original; they are not the faults of the scan.

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 Complete Score
*#75795 - 7.94MB, 42 (i, 41) pp. -  5.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 9844x⇩

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Andrewt (2010/8/21)

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2 anonymous copyists

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Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-1800).

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Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000

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source "C". 600 dpi. The various blank spots and general illegibility are present in the original; they are not the faults of the scan.

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 Complete Score
*#75796 - 20.25MB, 42 (i, 41) pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 7067x⇩

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Andrewt (2010/8/21)

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anonymous copyist

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Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1775-1800).

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Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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source "D". 300 dpi 8 bit grayscale for increased legibility. The various blank spots and general illegibility are present in the original; they are not the faults of the scan.

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 Complete Score
*#75797 - 9.76MB, 53 (iii, 50) pp. -  6.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - V/V/V - 12869x⇩

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Andrewt (2010/8/21)

Editor:

Louis Pierre Martin Norblin (1781-1854)
First edition

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Janet et Cotelle, n.d.(ca.1824). Plate 1497

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Kassel: Bärenreiter, No.5215/5216, 2000.

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source "E". 600 dpi

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 Complete score
*#255413 - 4.63MB, 28 pp. -  3.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 2114x⇩

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Generoso (2012/10/21)

Editor:

Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1826). Plate 4346.

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 Complete Score
*#107648 - 4.47MB, 35 pp. -  5.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 4044x⇩

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YuriyLcello (2011/7/1)

Editor:

Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)

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Leipzig: C.F. Peters, Ed.238b, n.d. Plate 4546.

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6th Suite is transposed to G major

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 Complete Score
*#94132 - 2.55MB, 40 pp. -  6.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 5684x⇩

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Generoso (2011/2/26)

Editor:

Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)

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Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238a, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate 4962.

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 Complete Score
*#12165 - 2.81MB, 37 pp. -  6.9/10 2 4 6 8 10 (17) - V/V/V - 8743x⇩

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ValeriyaSholokhova (2007/8/21)

Editor:

Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905)

Publisher Info.:

Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 27.1 (pp.59-94)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1879. Plate B.W. XXVII (1).

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 Complete Score
*#108698 - 3.47MB, 29 pp. -  5.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 5462x⇩

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Generoso (2011/7/9)

Editor:

Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate V.A. 1236.

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Revised reissue (new engraving) of Dotzauer edition

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 Complete Score
*#36902 - 3.19MB, 44 pp. -  4.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/V - 6109x⇩

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Carolus (2009/8/13)

Editor:

Julius Klengel (1859-1933)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 22879

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 Complete Score
*#108700 - 4.98MB, 37 pp. -  4.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 2638x⇩

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Generoso (2011/7/9)

Editor:

Robert Hausmann (1852–1909)

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Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d. Plate 882.

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 Complete Score
*#70850 - 8.18MB, 46 pp. -  7.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - V/V/12 - 6798x⇩

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Generoso (2010/7/10)

 Color Covers
*#70857 - 2.63MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1732x⇩

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Generoso (2010/7/10)

Editor:

Hugo Becker (1863-1941)

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Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.238, n.d.(ca.1911). Plate 9148.

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 Complete Score
*#105620 - 15.78MB, 54 pp. -  8.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/26 - 4326x⇩

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Generoso (2011/6/16)

Editor:

Fernand Pollain (1879–1955)

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Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1918. Plate D.& F. 9546.

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 Complete Score
*#121688 - 0.81MB, 60 pp. -  8.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - !N/!N/!N - 6170x⇩

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Coulonnus (2011/9/11)

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Werner Icking

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 Complete Score (without slurs)
*#268080 - 1.34MB, 77 pp. -  8.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - !N/!N/!N - 1225x⇩

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Shin-Itchiro (2013/1/30)

 Editor's Notes
*#268084 - 1.29MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 806x⇩

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Shin-Itchiro (2013/1/30)

Editor:

Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama

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YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library

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Misc. Notes:

This edition without slurs was edited based on Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript. But some notes are corrected with Kellner's manuscript. Normal notation version of 5th suite and transposed version (in G major) of 6th suite are included.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Cello or Viola and Piano (Stade)

 Complete Score
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Generoso (2012/7/12)

Arranger:

Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817–1902)
Revised version

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, n.d.

Reprinted:

Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 7311

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

The title page reference to Robert Schumann is due to the fact that Schumann's arrangement used Dotzauer's edition as its source. Stade's revised arrangement incorporated features from the Dotzauer and Grützmacher editions, while the original version is mainly based on Norblin's edition from ca.1824.

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For Cello and Piano (Grädener)

 Nos.1-3 - Piano Part
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 Nos.1-3 - Cello Part
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Generoso (2012/7/12)

 Nos.4-6 - Piano Part
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Generoso (2012/7/12)

 Nos.4-6 - Cello Part
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Generoso (2012/7/12)

Arranger:

Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812-1883)

Publisher Info.:

Hamburg: H. Pohle, [1871]. Plate H.P.19. 115.

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For Violin Solo (David)

 Complete score
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Generoso (2012/10/13)

Arranger:

Ferdinand David (1810-1873)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Gustav Heinze, n.d.(ca.1866) Plate G. 114 H.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

The solo cello suites arranged for violin, as preparatory studies for Bach's solo violin works. Some passages, especially arpeggiated sections, are rewritten, and suites 1-5 are transposed up a fifth. [Note that annotations referring to Bach's original notes give the cello version]. This arrangement appeared at almost the same time as Grützmacher's version for concert performance. Many of the alterations to notes (such as the opening bars of the prelude to the first suite) are common to David and Grützmacher. David's source is almost certainly the edition published by Heinrich Probst in 1825, itself a re-engraving of the first published edition, that by Janet et Cotelle (Paris, 1824), but David must also have access to another source, as he does not repeat the egregious errors of the Probst or Cotelle texts.

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For Violin Solo (Ebner)

 Suite No.1, BWV 1007
*#131839 - 1.27MB, 8 pp. -  7.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (16) - C/V/C - 7383x⇩

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RTM (2011/10/2)

 Suite No.2, BWV 1008
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RTM (2011/10/3)

 Suite No.3, BWV 1009
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RTM (2011/10/3)

 Suite No.4, BWV 1010
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RTM (2011/10/4)

 Suite No.5, BWV 1011
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RTM (2011/10/5)

 Suite No.6, BWV 1012
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RTM (2011/10/5)

Arranger:

Josef Ebner (fl.1903-1921)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig/Zürich: Gebr. Hug, n.d.(ca.1913). Plate G.H. 5151.

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Scanned at 600dpi grayscale, converted to monochrome.

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For Violin solo (Icking)

 Violin part
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Coulonnus (2011/9/11)

Arranger:

Werner Icking

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Werner Icking

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For Viola solo (Icking)

 Viola part
*#121689 - 0.85MB, 60 pp. -  7.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - !N/!N/!N - 10912x⇩

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Coulonnus (2011/9/11)

Arranger:

Werner Icking

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Werner Icking

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For Viola solo (Spindler)

 Viola part
*#29356 - 7.58MB, 68 pp. -  7.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (14) - V/V/V - 14180x⇩

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Zelenka (2009/3/9)

Arranger:

Fritz Spindler (1817-1905)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29137

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

It seems to be a reissue of Hofmeister Edition. Spindler was a Viola player in Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig.

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For Viola solo (Yokoyama)

 Complete Score (without slurs)
*#268573 - 1.37MB, 77 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1169x⇩

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Shin-Itchiro (2013/2/5)

 Editor's Notes
*#268084 - 1.29MB, 13 pp. -  6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - !N/!N/!N - 806x⇩

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Shin-Itchiro (2013/2/5)

Arranger:

Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama

Publisher Info.:

YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library

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This edition without slurs was edited based on Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript. But some notes are corrected with Kellner's manuscript. Normal notation version of 5th suite and transposed version (in G major) of 6th suite are included.

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Selections

For Bass recorder (Perry)

 BWV 1010: Allemande
BWV 1009: Courante
BWV 1011: Courante
BWV 1009: Bourrée 1 & 2
BWV 1011: Gavotte 1 & 2
BWV 1011: Gigue
BWV 1010: Gigue
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Reccmo (2012/5/18)

 BWV 1012: Courante
BWV 1007: Courante
BWV 1008: Courante
BWV 1011: Sarabande
BWV 1010: Courante
BWV 1009: Sarabande
BWV 1007: Minuet 1 & 2
BWV 1010: Gavotte 1 & 2
BWV 1007: Gigue
*#220994 - 0.14MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 565x⇩

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Reccmo (2012/5/18)

 Engraving files (Sibelius)
*#220997 - 0.01MB, ? pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 214x⇩

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Reccmo (2012/5/18)

Arranger:

Philip Perry

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Philip Perry

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General Information

Work Title	6 Cello Suites
Alternative Title

Composer	Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue Number	BWV 1007-1012
Movements/Sections	6 suites: Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012
Year/Date of Composition	1720?
First Publication	1825
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Cello (Suite No.6 calls for a 5-stringed cello of some sort (violoncello piccolo?), possibly viola pomposa)
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Wikipedia gives a date of probably before 1720 (so probably? 1710s), mentioning unnamed scholars (will have to look that up and fill in?) who believe that the suites were written before the solo violin sonatas and partitas which have 1720 on their manuscript?.