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Johann Sebastian Bach

I. CATALOGUE OF BACH'S COMPOSITIONS PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT TO WEIMAR IN JUNE 1708, in his twenty-fourth year.327

Charles Sanford Terry translation

I. CATALOGUE OF BACH'S COMPOSITIONS PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT TO WEIMAR IN JUNE 1708, in his twenty-fourth year.327

VOCAL:—

Motet: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden.

CLAVIER328:—

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo (bk. 208 p. 62) (1704).

Capriccio in honorem Joh. Christoph Bachii, Ohrdruf (bk. 216 p. 34) (c. 1704).

Sonata in D major (bk. 215 p. 44) (c. 1704).329

B.G. XXXVI. prints a number of pieces which, in general, may be assigned to Bach's immature years. They are reproduced in Peters' edition:

Book 200: Fughetta in C minor (p. 10).Prelude and Fughetta in D minor (p. 40).Prelude and Fughetta in E minor (p. 42).Prelude and Fughetta in A minor (p. 47).Fugue in C major (p. 54).Fugue in C major (p. 56).

Book 207: Fantasia in C minor (p. 50).

Book 212: Fantasia in C minor (p. 58).Fugue in D minor (p. 59).Fugue in D minor (p. 61).Fugue in E minor (p. 68).

Book 214: Prelude and Fughetta in F major (p. 76).Prelude and Fughetta in G major (p. 78).Prelude in G major (p. 80).

Book 215: Three Minuets (p. 62).

To these may be added (? authentic) from B.G. XLII.:

Book 212: Fantasia and Fughetta in B flat major (p 58).Do. do. D major (p. 60).

Organ330:—

Prelude and Fugue in C minor (bk. 2 p. 48) (c. 1704).

Do. do. C major (bk. 8 p. 88) (? 1707).331

Do. do. the “Short,” A minor (bk. 10 p. 208).

Fugue in C minor (bk. 12 p. 95) (c. 1704).

Do. C minor, on a theme by Legrenzi (bk. 10 p. 230) (c. 1708).

Do. B minor, on a theme by Corelli (bk. 3 p. 60).

Do. D major (bk. 12 p. 83).

Do. G major (bk. 12 p. 55).

Do. G major (bk. 12 p. 86).

Do. G minor (bk. 2 p. 41).

Prelude in A minor (bk. 10 p. 238) (by 1706).

Do. C major (bk. 12 p. 94).

Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (bk. 12 p. 60).

Fantasias in 6 major (bk. 9 p. 168; bk. 12 p. 75).

Pastorale in F major (bk. 12 p. 102).

Choral Partita: Christ, der du bist der helle Tag (bk. 19 p. 36).

Do. O Gott, du frommer Gott (bk. 19 p. 44).

Do. Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig (bk. 19 p. 55).

Generally speaking, the Choral Preludes, other than those in the maturer collections made by Bach himself, may be regarded as youthful works (bks. 18, 19).

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