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Chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to the compositions in the tenth chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions), or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series VI. Chamber music is understood as containing:

• Works for solo violin, cello or flute (not including works for solo keyboard instruments or lute which are contained elsewhere in the BWV catalogue and the New Bach Edition);
• Chamber music works for two or more players (where concertos for multiple players, and orchestral suites also fall outside the chamber music designation)

Works for solo violin, cello or flute

Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006)

• BWV 1001 – Sonata No. 1 in G minor
• BWV 1002 – Partita No. 1 in B minor
• BWV 1003 – Sonata No. 2 in A minor
• BWV 1004 – Partita No. 2 in D minor
• BWV 1005 – Sonata No. 3 in C major
• BWV 1006 – Partita No. 3 in E major
  • BWV 1006a – Suite in E major for solo lute (transcription of Partita No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1006)

Suites for solo cello (BWV 1007–1012)

• BWV 1007 – Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
• BWV 1008 – Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor
• BWV 1009 – Cello Suite No. 3 in C major
• BWV 1010 – Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
• BWV 1011 – Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor
• BWV 1012 – Cello Suite No. 6 in D major

Partita for solo flute (BWV 1013)

• BWV 1013 – Partita in A minor for solo flute

Two or more instruments

Six sonatas for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019)

• BWV 1014 – Sonata in B minor for violin and harpsichord
• BWV 1015 – Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord
• BWV 1016 – Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord
• BWV 1017 – Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord
• BWV 1018 – Sonata in F minor for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1018a – Adagio in F minor for violin and harpsichord (early version of movement 3 from BWV 1018)
• BWV 1019 – Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord
  • BWV 1019a – Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord (earlier version of BWV 1019)

Other works for accompanied violin (BWV 1020–1026)

• BWV 1020 – Sonata in G minor for violin (or flute) and harpsichord (now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – H 542.5)
• BWV 1021 – Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo
• BWV 1022 – Sonata in F major for violin and harpsichord (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
• BWV 1023 – Sonata in E minor for violin and basso continuo
• BWV 1024 – Sonata in C minor for violin and basso continuo (doubtful)
• BWV 1025 – Suite in A major for violin and harpsichord (after a sonata by Sylvius Leopold Weiss) (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
• BWV 1026 – Fugue in G minor for violin and basso continuo (doubtful)

Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord (BWV 1027–1029)

• BWV 1027 – Sonata No. 1 in G major for viola da gamba and harpsichord (arrangement of BWV 1039)
  • BWV 1027a – Trio in G major for organ (arrangement of movement 4 from BWV 1027)
• BWV 1028 – Sonata No. 2 in D major for viola da gamba and harpsichord
• BWV 1029 – Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord

Sonatas for accompanied flute (BWV 1030–1035)

• BWV 1030 – Sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord
  • BWV 1030a – Sonata in G minor for harpsichord and unknown instrument (oboe or viola da gamba conjectured) – earlier version of BWV 1030 of which only harpsichord part survives
• BWV 1031 – Sonata in E-flat major for flute and harpsichord (doubtful, possibly by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach as H 545)
• BWV 1032 – Sonata in A major for flute and harpsichord
• BWV 1033 – Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
• BWV 1034 – Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo
• BWV 1035 – Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo

Trio sonatas (BWV 1036–1040)

• BWV 1036 – Sonata in D minor for 2 violins and basso continuo (now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
• BWV 1037 – Sonata in C major for 2 violins and basso continuo (now attributed to Johann Gottlieb Goldberg)
• BWV 1038 – Sonata in G major for flute, violin and basso continuo (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
• BWV 1039 – Sonata in G major for 2 flutes and basso continuo
• BWV 1040 – Canonic sonata in F major for oboe, violin and basso continuo

Chamber music works in the 10th chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1998)

References

1. (BWV) Alfred Dürr, Yoshitake Kobayashi (eds.), Kirsten Beißwenger. Bach Werke Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe, nach der von Wolfgang Schmieder vorgelegten 2. Ausgabe. Preface in English and German. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998. ISBN 3765102490 - ISBN 978-3765102493, pp. 411–423
2. The New Bach Edition – Series VI: Chamber Music at the Bärenreiter website
3. ^ Basso, Alberto [it]. 1979. Frau Musika: la vita e le opere di J.S. Bach, EDT. ISBN 978-88-7063-011-4, p. 702.
4. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, .../Prefaces, .../Thematic Catalogue: documentation and facsimiles at the International Music Score Library Project
5. Neue Bach-Ausgabe: documentation at the International Music Score Library Project

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