Composition: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Orchestral Suite No. 3 |
| Alternative title | Overture |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 1068 |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | 6 |
| Keys | D major |
| Composed | 1731 |
| First published | 1854 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 1380 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Suites, Overtures |
| Period | Baroque |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouverture | — | — | 124 |
| Air | — | — | 18 |
| Gavotte | — | — | 26 |
| Gavotte | — | — | 31 |
| Bourrée | — | — | 32 |
| Gigue | — | — | 72 |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | bassoon, 4 accordions and timpani | Paul De Bra |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Radislav Kozlov |
| view | Complete | 2 harpsichords | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Complete | 2 piano 8 hands | Franz Bader |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Max Reger |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Gustav Martin Schmidt |
| view | Complete | piano | Giuseppe Martucci |
| view | Complete | piano | Joachim Raff |
| view | Selections | 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Selections | 3 accordions and bass | Paul De Bra |
| view | Selections | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Howard Heller |
| view | Selections | 4 cellos | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| view | Selections | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Selections | trumpet and organ | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Selections | violin and piano | George Percy Haddock |
| view | Selections | cello and piano | Julius Klengel and Carl Reinecke |
| view | Selections | cello and piano | Julius Klengel |
| view | Selections | organ | Smith Newell Penfield |
| view | Selections | piano | — |
| view | Ouverture (No.1) | 4 recorders | Maximilian Olschewski |
| view | Ouverture (No.1) | 4 guitars | Anton Höger |
| view | Air (No.2) | orchestra | August Wilhelmj |
| view | Air (No.2) | double bass and strings | Giovanni Bottesini |
| view | Air (No.2) | strings | Jaap Wiebes |
| view | Air (No.2) | 5 flutes | Hideo Kamioka |
| view | Air (No.2) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Howard Heller |
| view | Air (No.2) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Thomas A. Schneider |
| view | Air (No.2) | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Air (No.2) | 2 violins, viola and cello | Colin Madden |
| view | Air (No.2) | 2 recorders and keyboard | Alberto Gomez Gomez |
| view | Air (No.2) | flute and harmonium flute and piano violin and harmonium cello and harmonium |
Eduard Biehl |
| view | Air (No.2) | organ and soprano | Alain Brunet |
| view | Air (No.2) | flute and piano oboe and piano |
— |
| view | Air (No.2) | soprano saxophone and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Air (No.2) | alto saxophone and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Air (No.2) | horn and piano | — |
| view | Air (No.2) | Wagner tuba and piano | Quinn Mason |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano cello and piano |
Alain Brunet |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Friedrich Hermann |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Emil Kross |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Karl Nowotny |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Pablo de Sarasate |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano viola and piano |
August Wilhelmj and Ludwig Pagels |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | August Wilhelmj |
| view | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | — |
| view | Air (No.2) | viola and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| view | Air (No.2) | cello and piano | David Popper |
| view | Air (No.2) | double bass and piano | Giovanni Bottesini |
| view | Air (No.2) | 2 accordions | Paul De Bra |
| view | Air (No.2) | 2 pianos | Isidor Philipp |
| view | Air (No.2) | piano 4 hands | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| view | Air (No.2) | accordion | Massimiliano Virdis |
| view | Air (No.2) | guitar | Stefan Apke |
| view | Air (No.2) | organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Air (No.2) | organ | Nuno Carmona |
| view | Air (No.2) | organ | Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle |
| view | Air (No.2) | organ | Michael Stenov |
| view | Air (No.2) | harpsichord | Srđan Depolo |
| view | Air (No.2) | harmonium | Alexandre Guilmant |
| view | Air (No.2) | piano | Eduardo Feld |
| view | Air (No.2) | piano | Fábio Neves |
| view | Air (No.2) | piano | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| view | Air (No.2) | piano | Alexander Siloti |
| view | Air (No.2) | piano | Drew Weymouth |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | organ | William Thomas Best |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | harmonium | Alexandre Guilmant |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | piano | Heather Brailsford |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | piano | — |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Complete Score (Alternate scan) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Heugel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Anhang: Version B (Nos.1-2, Violin solo in No.2) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Capella) · view Engraving files (MusicXML) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | 2. Air · view 3. Gigue · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | — | Mutopia | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | 1700 | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | 1730 | Violins I, II, Continuo · view Trumpet 1, 2, 3, Timpani, Oboes 1, 2, Violas · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Edition Peters | — | Oboe 1, 2 · view Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (D) · view Timpani · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view Harpsichord · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Oboe 1 · view Oboe 2 · view Trumpet 1 · view Trumpet 2 · view Trumpet 3 · view Timpani · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Continuo · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Violin 3 (Viola) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | parts | Caracas: Miguel Angel Cardozo-Montilla | 2017 | Violins I · view Violins II · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for bassoon, 4 accordions and timpani |
Paul De Bra | 2018 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Engraving files (MuseScore) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 harpsichords |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2006 | Complete Score · view 1. Ouverture · view 2. Air · view 3-4. Gavotte I, II · view 5. Bourrée · view 6. Gigue · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands |
Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Breitkopf und Härtel | 1898 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
J. Rieter-Biedermann | 1875 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba |
Michel Rondeau | 2018 | Nos.2-5 - Complete Score and Parts · view Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 3 accordions and bass |
— | — | Gavottes I and II (Nos.3, 4) - Complete Score · view Gavottes I and II (Nos.3, 4) - Complete Parts · view Capella Source · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn |
— | — | Complete Score · view Flute · view Oboe · view Clarinet (B) · view Bassoon · view Horn (F) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 cellos |
Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi | 2014 | 2. Air - Score and Parts · view 3. Gavotte - Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for trumpet and organ |
— | — | 2. Air · view 5. Bourée · view 6. Gigue · view Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Schott | — | Nos.3-4 - Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
— | — | Air, Gavottes I and II, Bourrée (Nos.2-5) - Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Gebrüder Reinecke | — | Cello Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co. | 1880 | Air, Gavottes I and II (Nos.2-4) - Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano; selections | The Chicago Music Co. | 1882 | Air & Gavotte · view |
| view | Ouverture (No.1) | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Ouverture (No.1) | Arrangement for 4 guitars |
— | — | Complete Score · view Guitar 1 · view Guitar 2 · view Guitar 3 · view Guitar 4 · view |
| view | Ouverture (No.1) | Arrangement for 4 guitars |
— | — | Complete Score · view Guitar 1 · view Guitar 2 · view Guitar 3 · view Guitar 4 · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for orchestra |
Raabe & Plothow | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for orchestra |
Raabe & Plothow | — | Complete Score · view Violin Solo · view Violins · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for double bass and strings |
Manuscript | 1800 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for strings |
— | — | Completer Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for 5 flutes |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn |
— | — | Complete Score · view Flute · view Oboe · view Clarinet (B) · view Bassoon · view Horn (F) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Parts (5 pdfs in a zip) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view Archive of 5 pdfs (score, 4 parts) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 recorders and keyboard |
— | — | Complete Score (AT recorders) · view Complete Score (transposed to C major ) · view Engraving files (Finale) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for flute and harmonium flute and piano violin and harmonium cello and harmonium |
Carl Simon | — | Harmonium Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ and soprano |
— | — | Complete Scores and Parts (A, Bb, G) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ and soprano |
— | — | Complete Scores and Parts (D, C, Bb, A, G) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ and soprano |
— | — | Complete Scores and Parts (D, C, Bb, Ab, G) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for flute and piano oboe and piano |
C.F. Schmidt | — | Complete Score and Flute Part (in C major) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for soprano saxophone and organ |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for alto saxophone and organ |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for horn and piano | C.F. Schmidt | — | Complete Score · view Horn Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for Wagner tuba and piano |
What I Make of It Publications | 2014 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano cello and piano |
— | — | Complete Score and Violin Part · view Complete Score ( E flat major ) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Edition Peters | 1892 | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Bosworth & Co. | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Universal Edition | — | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Zimmermann | 1904 | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano viola and piano |
Carl Fischer | — | Complete Score and Viola Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Gustav Lewy | — | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for violin and piano | — | — | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for viola and piano |
Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi | 2014 | Complete Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Johann André | 1911 | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for double bass and piano |
Holograph manuscript | — | Complete Score ( G major ) · view Complete Score ( A flat major ) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 accordions |
Paul De Bra | 2018 | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Musescore) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Les Editions Musicales Delrieu Frères | — | Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for accordion |
Massimiliano Virdis | 2019 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for guitar |
Vlotho: Stefan Apke | 1991 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score (D, C) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score (Easy Version) · view Complete Score (Advanced Version) · view Engraving files (Sibelius) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
Schuberth & Co. | 1875 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for harpsichord |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Encore) · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for harmonium |
Schott | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for harmonium |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for piano |
Carl Fischer | 1927 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Air (No.2) | Arrangement for piano |
Drew Weymouth | 2018 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | Arrangement for organ |
Novello | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | Arrangement for harmonium |
Schott | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Gavotte (No.3) | Arrangement for piano | Herbert Moeschk | — | Complete Score (color scan) · view Complete Score (monochrome) · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Orchestre de chambre Paul Kuentz (orchestra) | — | Complete Recording · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Frankfurt Radio Symphony (orchestra) | Carl Schuricht (conductor) | — | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Bath Festival Orchestra (orchestra) | Yehudi Menuhin (conductor) | — | 1. Ouverture · file 2. Air · file 3. Gavotte I, II · file 4. Bourrée · file 5. Gigue · file |
|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | — | — | Complete Recording · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Complete | — | Papalin (performer) | For Recorder Ensemble (Papalin) | 1. Ouverture · file 2. Air · file 3-4. Gavotte I, II · file 5. Bourrée · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Selections | Orchestre national de France (orchestra) | André Girard (conductor) | — | Aria, Bourrée, Gigue (Nos.2, 4, 5) · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Selections | — | Paul De Bra (conductor) and Accordion Orchestra Avanti (performer) | For Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | 3-4. Gavottes I and II · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | For Orchestra (McAlister) | Complete Recording · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | Paul De Bra (accordion) and Professor P (performer) | For Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | Christoph Lahme (organ) | For Organ (Karg-Elert) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | Evgeniy E. Moshkin (organ) | For Organ (Moshkin) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | Michael Stenov (organ) | For Organ (Stenov) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | Constantin Stephan (harpsichord) | For Harpsichord (Depolo) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero (piano) | For Piano (Romero) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | — | — | 1. Ouverture · file 2. Air · file 3, 4. Gavottes I, II · file 5. Bourrée · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | — | For Harpsichord and Fortepiano (Gouin) | 1. Ouverture · file 2. Air · file 3, 4. Gavottes I & II · file 5. Bourrée · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) | Synthesized Performance (Nos.2-5) · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Selections | — | For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau) | 2. Air · file 5. Bourée · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Ouverture (No.1) | — | For 4 Recorders (Olschewski) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Ouverture (No.1) | — | For 4 Guitars (Höger) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | For Organ (Carmona) | Synthesized Performance (Easy Version) · file Synthesized Performance (Advanced Version) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | For Harpsichord (Depolo) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | For Harpsichord (Depolo) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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