Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750)

J.S. Bach

Bach was most famous as a virtuoso player and improviser on the organ. All of his keyboard compositions were written either for the organ or the harpsichord. However, the music worked so well on any keyboard that it has become standard piano literature. In retrospect, Bach was the greatest composer of fugues who ever lived. All of his music can be described as either contrapuntal or broken chord harmony. The preludes are the main compositions that use mostly broken chord harmonies. The fugues and the inventions are completely contrapuntal. Other compositions such as the dance suites, sonatas and fantasies use a combination of counterpoint and broken chord harmony. For pianists his most famous work is the Well Tempered Clavier. This is 48 preludes and fugues with 2 in each key

Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

Contrapunctus I [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus II [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus III [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus IV [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus V [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus VI [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus VII [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus VIII [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus IX [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus X [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus XI [download] (left click)

Contrapunctus XII [download] (left click)
Contrapunctus XIII [download] (left click)
Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu: Canon in inverted motion [download] (left click)
Canon alla Ottava: Canon at the Octave [download] (left click)
Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza: Canon at the tenth [download] (left click)
Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta: Canon at the twelfth [download] (left click)

Goldberg Variations

Variation 1 [download] (left click)
Variation 2 [download] (left click)
Variation 3 [download] (left click)
Variation 4 [download] (left click)
Variation 5 [download] (left click)
Variation 6 [download] (left click)
Variation 7 [download] (left click)
Variation 8 [download] (left click)
Variation 9 [download] (left click)
Variation 10 [download] (left click)
Variation 11 [download] (left click)
Variation 12 [download] (left click)
Variation 13 [download] (left click)
Variation 14 [download] (left click)
Variation 15 [download] (left click)
Variation 16 [download] (left click)

Variation 17 [download] (left click)
Variation 18 [download] (left click)
Variation 19 [download] (left click)
Variation 20 [download] (left click)
Variation 21 [download] (left click)
Variation 22 [download] (left click)
Variation 23 [download] (left click)
Variation 24 [download] (left click)
Variation 25 [download] (left click)
Variation 26 [download] (left click)
Variation 27 [download] (left click)
Variation 28 [download] (left click)
Variation 29 [download] (left click)
Variation 30 [download] (left click)
Closing Theme [download] (left click)

Inventions

Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 2 in C minor, BWV 773 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 3 in D major, BWV 774 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 5 in E-flat major, BWV 776 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 6 in E major, BWV 777 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 7 in E minor, BWV 778 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 779 [download] (left click)

Invention No. 9 in F minor, BWV 780 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 10 in G major, BWV 781 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV 782 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV 783 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 14 in B-flat major, BWV 785 [download] (left click)
Invention No. 15 in B minor, BMV 786 [download] (left click)

Little Preludes

Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 924 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 2 in D minor, BWV 926 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 3 in F major, BWV 927 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 4 in G minor, BWV 930 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 5 in F major, BWV 928 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 6 in D major, BWV 925 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 7 in C major, BWV 933 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 8 in C minor, BWV 934 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 9 in D minor, BWV 935 [download] (left click)

Prelude No. 10 in D major, BWV 936 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 11 in E major, BWV 937 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 12 in E minor, BWV 938 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 13 in C major, BWV 939 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 14 in D minor, BWV 940 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 15 in E minor, BWV 941 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 16 in A minor, BWV 942 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 17 in C major, BWV 943 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 18 in C minor, BWV 999 [download] (left click)

Well Tempered Clavier — Book I

Prelude No. 1 in C BWV 846 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 1 in C BWV 846 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 2 in C minor BWV 847 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 2 in C minor BWV 847 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 4 in C# minor BWV 849 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 4 in C# minor BWV 849 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 5 in D BWV 850 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 5 in D BWV 850 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 6 in D minor BWV 851 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 6 in D minor BWV 851 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 8 in Eb minor BWV 853 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 8 in D# minor BWV 853 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 9 in E BWV 854 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 9 in E BWV 854 [download] (left click)

Prelude No. 10 in E minor BWV 855 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 10 in E minor BWV 855 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 13 in F# BWV 858 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 13 in F# BWV 858 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 15 in G BWV 860 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 15 in G BWV 860 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 16 in G minor BWV 861 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 16 in G minor BWV 861 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 17 in Ab BWV 862 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 17 in Ab BWV 862 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 21 in Bb BWV 866 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 21 in Bb BWV 866 [download] (left click)
Prelude No. 22 in Bb minor BWV 867 [download] (left click)
Fugue No. 22 in Bb minor BWV 867 [download] (left click)

Other Works

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
1. Fantasy [download] (left click)
2. Fugue [download] (left click)
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
1. First Movement (without tempo indication) [download] (left click)
2. Andante [download] (left click)
3. Presto [download] (left click)
Fugue in C minor [download] (left click)
Fugue in D minor [download] (left click)
March in D major, BWV Anh. 122 [download] (left click)
Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 [download] (left click)
Musette in D major, BWV Anh. 126 [download] (left click)
Tocatta in D minor, BWV 565 [download] (left click)