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Organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to the compositions in the seventh chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions), or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series IV.

Six Sonatas (BWV 525–530)

• BWV 525 – Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major
• BWV 526 – Sonata No. 2 in C minor
• BWV 527 – Sonata No. 3 in D minor
• BWV 528 – Sonata No. 4 in E minor
• BWV 529 – Sonata No. 5 in C major
• BWV 530 – Sonata No. 6 in G major

In the form of a Prelude, Toccata, Fantasia, Passacaglia, middle movement and/or Fugue (BWV 531–582)

• BWV 531 – Prelude and Fugue in C major
• BWV 532 – Prelude and Fugue in D major
• BWV 532a – Fugue in D major (alternative version of the fugue of BWV 532)
• BWV 533 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor ("Cathedral")
• BWV 533a – Prelude and Fugue in E minor (alternative version of BWV 533 without pedals)
• BWV 534 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor (doubtful)
• BWV 535 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
• BWV 535a – Prelude and Fugue in G minor (alternative version of BWV 535)
• BWV 536 – Prelude and Fugue in A major
• BWV 536a – Prelude and Fugue in A major (alternative version of BWV 536, possibly based on the original manuscript)
• BWV 537 – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
• BWV 538 – Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian")
• BWV 539 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor ("Fiddle") (uncertain)
• BWV 539a – Fugue in D minor (see BWV 1000 for the lute arrangement, movement 2 of BWV 1001 for the violin arrangement)
• BWV 540 – Toccata and Fugue in F major
• BWV 541 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
• BWV 542 – Fantasia and Fugue in G minor ("Great")
• BWV 542a – Fugue in G minor (alternative version of the fugue from BWV 542)
• BWV 543 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 544 – Prelude and Fugue in B minor
• BWV 545 – Prelude and Fugue in C major
• BWV 545a – Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 545)
• BWV 545b – Prelude, Trio and Fugue in B-flat major (alternative version of BWV 545; the Trio is an arrangement of the finale of BWV 1029; some parts possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 546 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
• BWV 547 – Prelude and Fugue in C major ("9/8")
• BWV 548 – Prelude and Fugue in E minor ("Wedge")
• BWV 549 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
• BWV 550 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
• BWV 551 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• BWV 552 – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major ("St. Anne") (part of Clavier-Übung III)
• BWV 553 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in C major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 554 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in D minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 555 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in E minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 556 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in F major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 557 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in G major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 558 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in G minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 559 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in A minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 560 – Eight Short Preludes and Fugues – Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (spurious, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 561 – Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (spurious, possibly by Johann Christian Kittel)
• BWV 562 – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (fugue unfinished)
• BWV 563 – Fantasia in B minor (Fantasia and Imitatio) (spurious)
• BWV 564 – Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major
• BWV 565 – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
• BWV 566 – Toccata and Fugue in E major (also published in C major)
• BWV 566a – Toccata in E major (earlier version of BWV 566)
• BWV 567 – Prelude in C major (possibly by Johann Ludwig Krebs)
• BWV 568 – Prelude in G major (doubtful)
• BWV 569 – Prelude in A minor
• BWV 570 – Fantasia in C major
• BWV 571 – Fantasia (Concerto) in G major (spurious)
• BWV 572 – Fantasia in G major (Pièce d'Orgue)
• BWV 573 – Fantasia in C major (incomplete, from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
• BWV 574 – Fugue in C minor (on a theme of Legrenzi)
• BWV 574a – Fugue in C minor (alternative version of BWV 574)
• BWV 574b – Fugue in C minor (alternative version of BWV 574)
• BWV 575 – Fugue in C minor
• BWV 576 – Fugue in G major (doubtful)
• BWV 577 – Fugue in G major à la Gigue (doubtful)
• BWV 578 – Fugue in G minor ("Little")
• BWV 579 – Fugue in B minor (on a theme by Corelli, from Op. 3, No. 4)
• BWV 580 – Fugue in D major (doubtful)
• BWV 581 – Fugue in G major (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius)
• BWV 582 – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor

Trios (BWV 583–586)

• BWV 583 – Trio in D minor (spurious, possibly a transcription of a chamber trio by another composer)
• BWV 584 – Trio in G minor (spurious, a version of BWV 166/2 or another, lost, aria)
• BWV 585 – Trio in C minor (spurious, after Johann Friedrich Fasch)
• BWV 586 – Trio in G major (spurious, possibly after Georg Philipp Telemann)

Miscellaneous pieces (BWV 587–591)

• BWV 587 – Aria in F major (spurious, after François Couperin)
• BWV 588 – Canzona in D minor
• BWV 589 – Allabreve in D major
• BWV 590 – Pastorella in F major (first movement probably incomplete)
• BWV 591 – Little Harmonic Labyrinth (Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth) (spurious, possibly by Johann David Heinichen)

Concertos (BWV 592–597)

• BWV 592 – Concerto in G major (after a concerto by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar)
• BWV 592a – Concerto in G major (an arrangement of BWV 592 for harpsichord)
• BWV 593 – Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for two violins, Op. 3 No. 8, RV 522)
• BWV 594 – Concerto in C major (after Antonio Vivaldi's Grosso mogul violin concerto, RV 208)
• BWV 595 – Concerto in C major (after a concerto by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar)
• BWV 596 – Concerto in D minor (after Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for two violins and cello, Op. 3 No. 11, RV 565)
• BWV 597 – Concerto in E-flat major (doubtful)

Pedal exercise (BWV 598)

• BWV 598 – Pedal-Exercitium ("Pedal Exercise") in G minor (fragment, authorship uncertain, presumably by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)

Chorale Preludes

Traditionally known as chorale preludes, the compositions in the BWV 599–771 range of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, and later additions BWV 1085, 1090–1120 (Neumeister Chorales) and 1128, are also indicated as chorale settings for organ, and include multi-movement chorale partitas and sets of variations.

Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book, BWV 599–644)

The Orgelbüchlein contains 46 chorale preludes, and a fragment (BWV Anh. 200).

• Advent

1. BWV 599 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
2. BWV 600 – Gott durch deine Güte (or) Gottes Sohn ist kommen
3. BWV 601 – Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn (or) Herr Gott, nun sei gepreiset (also in the Neumeister Collection)
4. BWV 602 – Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott

• Christmas

5. BWV 603 – Puer natus in Bethlehem
6. BWV 604 – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
7. BWV 605 – Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
8. BWV 606 – Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
9. BWV 607 – Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar
10. BWV 608 – In dulci jubilo
11. BWV 609 – Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich
12. BWV 610 – Jesu, meine Freude
13. BWV 611 – Christum wir sollen loben schon
14. BWV 612 – Wir Christenleut'

• New Year

15. BWV 613 – Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
16. BWV 614 – Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
17. BWV 615 – In dir ist Freude

• Epiphany

18. BWV 616 – Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
19. BWV 617 – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf

• Lent

20. BWV 618 – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
21. BWV 619 – Christe, du Lamm Gottes
22. BWV 620 – Christus, der uns selig macht
    BWV 620a – Christus, der uns selig macht (older version)
23. BWV 621 – Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund
24. BWV 622 – O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß
25. BWV 623 – Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ
26. BWV 624 – Hilf Gott, daß mir's gelinge

• Easter

27. BWV 625 – Christ lag in Todesbanden
28. BWV 626 – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand
29. BWV 627 – Christ ist erstanden
30. BWV 628 – Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ
31. BWV 629 – Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag
32. BWV 630 – Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn

• Pentecost

33. BWV 631 – Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist
    BWV 631a – Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist (older version)
34. BWV 632 – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
35. BWV 634 – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (earlier version of BWV 633)
36. BWV 633 – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier

• Catechism hymns

37. BWV 635 – Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot'
38. BWV 636 – Vater unser im Himmelreich
39. BWV 637 – Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
40. BWV 638 – Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

• Miscellaneous

41. BWV 639 – Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (also in the Neumeister Collection)
42. BWV 640 – In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr
43. BWV 641 – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein
44. BWV 642 – Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
45. BWV 643 – Alle Menschen müssen sterben
46. BWV 644 – Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig

Schübler Chorales (BWV 645–650)

Most of the Schübler Chorales, which were published around 1748 as Sechs Chorale von verschiedener Art (Six Chorales of Various Kinds), are transcriptions of extant cantata movements:

1. BWV 645 – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
2. BWV 646 – Wo soll ich fliehen hin (or) Auf meinen lieben Gott
3. BWV 647 – Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
4. BWV 648 – Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
5. BWV 649 – Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
6. BWV 650 – Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter

Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, a.k.a. Leipzig Chorales (BWV 651–668)

1. BWV 651 – Fantasia super: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
   BWV 651a – Fantasia (Präludium) super: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
2. BWV 652 – Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
   BWV 652a – Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
3. BWV 653 – An Wasserflüssen Babylon
   BWV 653a – An Wasserflüssen Babylon alio modo a 4 (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
   BWV 653b – An Wasserflüssen Babylon (Weimarer Urfassung)
4. BWV 654 – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
   BWV 654a – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
5. BWV 655 – Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
   BWV 655a – Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
   BWV 655b – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
   BWV 655c – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
6. BWV 656 – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
   BWV 656a – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
7. BWV 657 – Nun danket alle Gott (Leuthen Chorale) (ältere Weimarer und Leipziger Fassung)
8. BWV 658 – Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
   BWV 658a – Fantasia super: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
9. BWV 659 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
   BWV 659a – Fantasia super: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
10. BWV 660 – Trio super: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
    BWV 660a – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
    BWV 660b – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
11. BWV 661 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
    BWV 661a – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
12. BWV 662 – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
    BWV 662a – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
13. BWV 663 – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
    BWV 663a – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
14. BWV 664 – Trio super: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
    BWV 664a/b – Trio super: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (ältere Weimarer Fassung/Entwurf)
15. BWV 665 – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
    BWV 665a – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (in organo pleno) (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
16. BWV 666 – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (alio modo)
    BWV 666a – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (ältere, Weimarer Fassung)
17. BWV 667 – Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
    BWV 667a/b – Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (ältere, Weimarer Fassungen)
18. BWV 668 – Vor deinen Thron tret' ich (Fragment)
    BWV 668a – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (Diktatschrift: Fragment)

Chorale preludes in Clavier-Übung III (BWV 669–689)

• Kyrie (three stanzas of "Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit"):
  • Two manuals and pedals:
    BWV 669 – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
    BWV 670 – Christe, aller Welt Trost
    BWV 671 – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
  • Manuals only:
    BWV 672 – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
    BWV 673 – Christe, aller Welt Trost
    BWV 674 – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
• "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'" (Gloria):
  • BWV 675 – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
  • BWV 676 – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
    BWV 676a – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (simplified variant of BWV 676: doubtful arrangement)
  • BWV 677 – Fughetta super: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (manuals only)
• "Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" (Ten Commandments):
  • BWV 678 – Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot
  • BWV 679 – Fughetta super: Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot (manuals only)
• "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" (Credo):
  • BWV 680 – Wir gläuben all an einen Gott
  • BWV 681 – Fughetta super: Wir gläuben all an einen Gott (manuals only)
• "Vater unser im Himmelreich" (Lord's Prayer):
  • BWV 682 – Vater unser im Himmelreich
  • BWV 683 – Vater unser im Himmelreich (manuals only)
    BWV 683a – Vater unser im Himmelreich (variant of BWV 683: doubtful arrangement)
• "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" (Baptism):
  • BWV 684 – Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
  • BWV 685 – Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (manuals only)
• "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" (Penitence):
  • BWV 686 – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
  • BWV 687 – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (manuals only)
• "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt" (Lord's Supper):
  • BWV 688 – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt
  • BWV 689 – Fuga super: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (manuals only)

24 chorale preludes, formerly known as "from the Kirnberger collection" (BWV 690–713)

The 24 chorale preludes and five variants published as "from the Kirnberger Collection" ("in Kirnberger's Sammlung") in the 40th volume of the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe (1893) were all retained in the 690–713a range of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. Johann Kirnberger's involvement with this collection of chorale preludes, some of which are spurious or doubtful, is however uncertain: modern scholarship no longer refers to this set as "Kirnberger Collection" (unless with qualifiers such as "so-called" or "formerly").

1. BWV 690 – Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
2. BWV 691 – Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (manuals only; No. 11 in the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, No. 3 in the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach)
   BWV 691a – Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (doubtful variant of BWV 691)
3. BWV 692 – Ach, Gott und Herr (spurious: composed by Johann Gottfried Walther)
   BWV 692a – Ach, Gott und Herr (spurious early version of BWV 692: composed by Johann Gottfried Walther)
4. BWV 693 – Ach, Gott und Herr (spurious: composed by Johann Gottfried Walther)
5. BWV 694 – Wo soll ich fliehen hin
6. BWV 695 – Fantasia super: Christ lag in Todesbanden (manuals only)
   BWV 695a – Christ lag in Todesbanden (doubtful variant of BWV 695)
7. BWV 696 – Christum wir sollen loben schon (or) Was fürchtest du Feind, Herodes, sehr (fughetta; manuals only)
8. BWV 697 – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (fughetta; manuals only)
9. BWV 698 – Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn (fughetta; manuals only)
10. BWV 699 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (fughetta; manuals only)
11. BWV 700 – Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
12. BWV 701 – Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her (fughetta, manuals only)
13. BWV 702 – Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost (fughetta)
14. BWV 703 – Gottes-Sohn ist kommen (fughetta, manuals only)
15. BWV 704 – Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott (fughetta, manuals only)
16. BWV 705 – Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
17. BWV 706 – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
18. BWV 707 – Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt
19. BWV 708 – Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt
    BWV 708a – Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt (variant of BWV 708)
20. BWV 709 – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
21. BWV 710 – Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud
22. BWV 711 – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
23. BWV 712 – In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr (manuals only)
24. BWV 713 – Jesu, meine Freude (manuals only)
    BWV 713a – Jesu, meine Freude (Fantasia, doubtful variant of BWV 713)

Miscellaneous chorale preludes (BWV 714–765)

• BWV 714 – Ach Gott und Herr (also in the Neumeister Collection)
• BWV 715 – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
• BWV 716 – Fuga super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
• BWV 717 – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
• BWV 718 – Christ lag in Todesbanden [scores] (chorale fantasia)
• BWV 719 – Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich (also in the Neumeister Collection)
• BWV 720 – Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
• BWV 721 – Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
• BWV 722 – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• BWV 723 – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (also in the Neumeister Collection; likely by Johann Michael Bach)
• BWV 724 – Gott, durch deine Güte (Gottes Sohn ist kommen)
• BWV 725 – Herr Gott, dich loben wir
• BWV 726 – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (audio)
• BWV 727 – Herzlich tut mich verlangen
• BWV 728 – Jesus, meine Zuversicht (from the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
• BWV 729 – In dulci jubilo
• BWV 730 – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 731 – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
• BWV 732 – Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich
• BWV 733 – Fuga sopra il Magnificat (Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, a.k.a. German Magnificat – possibly composed by Bach's pupil Johann Ludwig Krebs; performed on the Herbst organ of the Schlosskirche in Lahm)
• BWV 734 – Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein/Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit
• BWV 735 – Valet will ich dir geben
• BWV 736 – Valet will ich dir geben
• BWV 737 – Vater unser im Himmelreich (also in the Neumeister Collection)
• BWV 738 – Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 738a – Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
• BWV 739 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
• BWV 740 – Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Vater (spurious, partly attributed to Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 741 – Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein
• BWV 742 – Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (also in the Neumeister Collection)
• BWV 743 – Ach, was ist doch unser Leben
• BWV 744 – Auf meinen lieben Gott (not by Bach, possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs)
• BWV 745 – Aus der Tiefe rufe ich (not by Bach, composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
• BWV 746 – Christ ist erstanden (not by Bach, composed by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer)
• BWV 747 – Christus, der uns selig macht
• BWV 748 – Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei (not by Bach, composed by Johann Gottfried Walther)
• BWV 748a – Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei
• BWV 749 – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' (attribution doubtful)
• BWV 750 – Herr Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht (attribution doubtful)
• BWV 751 – In dulci jubilo (also in the Neumeister Collection; spurious: likely by Johann Michael Bach or possibly by Johann Gottfried Walther)
• BWV 752 – Jesu, der du meine Seele (attribution doubtful)
• BWV 753 – Jesu, meine Freude (incomplete)
• BWV 754 – Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (attribution doubtful)
• BWV 755 – Nun freut euch, lieben Christen
• BWV 756 – Nun ruhen alle Wälder (attribution doubtful)
• BWV 757 – O Herre Gott, dein göttlich's Wort
• BWV 758 – O Vater, allmächtiger Gott
• BWV 759 – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius)
• BWV 760 – Vater unser im Himmelreich (not by Bach, composed by Georg Böhm)
• BWV 761 – Vater unser im Himmelreich (not by Bach, composed by Georg Böhm)
• BWV 762 – Vater unser im Himmelreich (attribution doubtful)
• BWV 763 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
• BWV 764 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (incomplete)
• BWV 765 – Wir glauben all' an einen Gott

Chorale partitas (BWV 766–768)

• BWV 766 – Chorale partita Christ, der du bist der helle Tag
• BWV 767 – Chorale partita O Gott, du frommer Gott
• BWV 768 – Chorale partita Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig

Canonic Variations (BWV 769–769a)

• BWV 769 – Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"
• BWV 769a – Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" (alternative version of BWV 769)

Chorale variations (BWV 770–771)

• BWV 770 – Chorale variations "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen"
• BWV 771 – Chorale variations "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'" (not by Bach, possibly by Andreas Nicolaus Vetter)

Also known in a version for keyboard (BWV 957)

• BWV 957 – Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt (chorale prelude for organ in the Neumeister Collection, previously listed as Fugue in G major)

Later additions to the BWV catalogue

Various (BWV 1085–1087)

• BWV 1085 – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (chorale prelude)
• Canons, sometimes indicated as organ pieces:
  • BWV 1086 – Canon concordia discors
  • BWV 1087 – 14 canons on the First Eight Notes of Goldberg Variations Ground (discovered 1974)

Neumeister Chorales (BWV 1090–1120)

31 chorale preludes for organ, discovered 1985 in the archives of the Yale University library.

• BWV 1090 – Wir Christenleut
• BWV 1091 – Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
• BWV 1092 – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf
• BWV 1093 – Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
• BWV 1094 – O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt
• BWV 1095 – O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
• BWV 1096 – Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (or) Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ (spurious: attributed to Johann Pachelbel)
• BWV 1097 – Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not
• BWV 1098 – Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
• BWV 1099 – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
• BWV 1100 – Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
• BWV 1101 – Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
• BWV 1102 – Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ
• BWV 1103 – Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
• BWV 1104 – Wenn dich Unglück tut greifen an
• BWV 1105 – Jesu, meine Freude
• BWV 1106 – Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hilf und Trost
• BWV 1107 – Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
• BWV 1108 – Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht
• BWV 1109 – Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen
• BWV 1110 – O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort
• BWV 1111 – Nun lasset uns den Leib begrab'n
• BWV 1112 – Christus, der ist mein Leben
• BWV 1113 – Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt
• BWV 1114 – Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
• BWV 1115 – Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr
• BWV 1116 – Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
• BWV 1117 – Alle Menschen müssen sterben
• BWV 1118 – Werde munter, mein Gemüte
• BWV 1119 – Wie nach einer Wasserquelle
• BWV 1120 – Christ, der du bist der helle Tag

Recovered from the Anhang (BWV 1121 and 1128)

• BWV 1121 (=BWV Anh. 205) – Fantasie in C minor (organ)
• BWV 1128 (previously BWV Anh. 71) – Organ chorale fantasia Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (BWV Anh. II 71 was authenticated as a composition by Bach after Wilhelm Rust's 1877 copy was recovered in March 2008).

Organ compositions in the seventh chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1998)

BWV Anhang

Various lost, doubtful and spurious organ works are included in the BWV Anhang:

• BWV Anh. 42–79
• BWV Anh. 171–178
• BWV Anh. 200, 206, 208, 213

Recordings

• Bach, Johann Sebastian; Stockmeier, Wolfgang (1997), Das Orgelwerk (20-CD box set), Hamburg: Art & Music, OCLC 163302495

References

1. (BWV) Dürr & Kobayashi 1998, pp. 311–355
2. The New Bach Edition – Series IV: Organ Works at the Bärenreiter website
3. Humphrey, David. Did J.S. Bach Compose the F minor Prelude and Fugue BWV 534? (from "Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685–1985"). p. 173.
4. Dürr & Kobayashi 1998, p. 314.
5. Williams 2003, p. 59.
6. Williams 2003, p. 74.
7. ^ Williams 2003, pp. 141–142
8. Williams 2003, p. 145.
9. ^ Williams 2003, p. 163.
10. Williams 2003, p. 176.
11. Williams 2003, p. 177.
12. Williams 2003, pp. 181–182.
13. Williams 2003, p. 190.
14. Pedal-Exercitium (fragment) BWV 598 at www.bach-digital.de
15. Work 01725 at Bach Digital website
16. Work 00897 at Bach Digital website
17. Work 00898 at Bach Digital website
18. Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, aus den Quellen geschöpft und mitgeteilt von Johannes Zahn (6 volumes), Verlag Bertelsmann, Gütersloh (1889–93).
19. BWV (1998), pp. 471–481
20. Williams 2003, pp. 429–452 "Chorales formerly called 'The Kirnberger Collection' BWV 690–713"
21. Work 00809 at Bach Digital website
22. Work 00810 at Bach Digital website
23. Work 00811 at Bach Digital website
24. Work 00812 at Bach Digital website
25. Work 00815 at Bach Digital website
26. Work 00835 at Bach Digital website
27. Blaut & Schulze 2008, p. 21.
28. Choralbearbeitung Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Fuge) BWV 733 at bach-digital.de
29. Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 733: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
30. Work 00868 at Bach Digital website
31. Work 00878 at Bach Digital website
32. Work 00879 at Bach Digital website
33. Work 00881 at Bach Digital website
34. Work 00883 at Bach Digital website
35. Work 00885 at Bach Digital website
36. Work 00888 at Bach Digital website
37. Work 00889 at Bach Digital website
38. Work 00890 at Bach Digital website
39. Work 00891 at Bach Digital website
40. Work 00901 at Bach Digital website
41. Williams 2003, p. 549.
42. Perreault 2004, p. 56.
43. "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält BWV 1128; BWV Anh. 71; Emans 195". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 14 February 2019.
44. Blaut & Schulze 2008.
45. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, .../Prefaces, .../Thematic Catalogue: documentation and facsimiles at the International Music Score Library Project
46. Neue Bach-Ausgabe: documentation at the International Music Score Library Project

Sources

• Blaut, Stephan; Schulze, Hans-Joachim (2008). ""Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält" BWV 1128 – Quellenkundliche und stilistische Überlegungen" [Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 1128: source-related and stylistic considerations]. In Wollny, Peter (ed.). Bach-Jahrbuch 2008 [Bach Yearbook 2008]. Bach-Jahrbuch (in German). Vol. 94. Neue Bachgesellschaft. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. pp. 11–32. doi:10.13141/bjb.v2008. ISBN 978-3-374-02668-5. ISSN 0084-7682 – via Qucosa [de].
• Dürr, Alfred; Kobayashi, Yoshitake, eds. (1998). Bach Werke Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe – Nach der von Wolfgang Schmieder vorgelegten 2. Ausgabe [Bach Works Catalogue: Small Edition – After Wolfgang Schmieder's 2nd edition] (in German). Kirsten Beißwenger (collaborator) (BWV ed.). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 9783765102493. Preface in English and German.
• Perreault, Jean M. (2004). Donna K. Fitch (ed.). The Thematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4970-4.
• Williams, Peter (2003). The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521891158.

Further reading

• Terry, Charles Sanford (1921). Bach's Chorals – Part III: The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Organ Works. Cambridge University Press.

External links

• Organ Works (Bach, Johann Sebastian), Orgelwerke (Bach, Johann Sebastian): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project. Accessed: 09:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC).
• James Kibbie – Bach Organ Works: free downloads of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded by James Kibbie on original baroque organs in Germany. Accessed: 09:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC).