Back to Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

published 1730

Total duration: 32'

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


Recommended editions


1. Toccata

Duration: 7' 30"

Difficulty: 3

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 1. Toccata Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 1. Toccata

2. Allemanda

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 2. Allemanda

3. Courante

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 (BWV1,2,2a 1019a/3; BWV3 1019.1/3).

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 3.5

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 3. Courante

4. Air

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 4. Air

5. Sarabande

Duration: 6' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 5. Sarabande

6. Tempo di Gavotta

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 (BWV1,2,2a 1019a/5; BWV3 1019.1/5). The bass lines match with some changes, but the violin part is lost.

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 6. Tempo di Gavotta

7. Gigue

Duration: 6'

Difficulty: 3.5

Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; 7. Gigue

Copyright © 2016–2024 www.pianolibrary.org