Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

Total duration: 32'

This partita also exists in an earlier version (BWV³ 830.1) in the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.

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Neue Bach-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · V, 4 · BA 5008-01 · Die Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach von 1722 und 1725 · ed. Georg van Dadelsen [version from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach]
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Bärenreiter · BA 5152 · Sechs Partiten / Erster Teil der Klavierübung · ed. Richard Jones
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Henle · HN 1518 · Sechs Partiten · ed. Ullrich Scheideler
Peters · EP 11500 · Die Clavier-Büchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach / 1722 & 1725 · ed. Christoph Wolff [version from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach]
Wiener Urtext · UT 50192 · 6 Partiten · ed. Klaus Engler

Duration: 7' 30"

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

A version of this movement, for solo keyboard and with only slight changes, was used in the first version of the sonata no. 6 in G major for violin and harpsichord (BWV^1,2,2a 1019a/3; BWV³ 1019.1/3).

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 3.5

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2

Duration: 6' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

A version of this movement, for violin with an accompanying bass, was used in the first version of the sonata no. 6 in G major for violin and harpsichord (BWV^1,2,2a 1019a/5; BWV³ 1019.1/5). The bass lines match with some changes, but the violin part is lost.

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

Duration: 6'

Difficulty: 3.5