Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Passacaglia in C minor |
| Alternative title | Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer |
| Opus | BWV 582 |
| Instrumentation | organ |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | C minor |
| Composed | 1708 |
| First published | 1846 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 780 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Passacaglias, Fugues |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
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| View | Complete | orchestra | Aleksandr Gedike |
| View | Complete | orchestra | Ottorino Respighi |
| View | Complete | orchestra | Dirk Schneiderheinze |
| View | Complete | strings | Jakub Kowalewski |
| View | Complete | string quintet | David Raphael Sawitzky |
| View | Complete | 12 recorders | David Edward Kemp |
| View | Complete | 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double bass | Arie van Hoek |
| View | Complete | piccolo clarinet, 3 clarinets, alto clarinet, bass clarinet and 2 contrabass clarinets | Arie van Hoek |
| View | Complete | 2 horns, 4 trumpets and 2 tubas | Wayne Beardwood |
| View | Complete | flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and horn | Arie van Hoek |
| View | Complete | alto recorder, oboe, bassoon, violin and continuo | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Complete | violin, cello and piano | Paolo Cobetto Ghiggia |
| View | Complete | 2 harpsichords | Alessandro Rispoli |
| View | Complete | 2 pianos | Peter Besseling |
| View | Complete | 2 pianos | Hermann Keller |
| View | Complete | 2 pianos | Isidor Philipp |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Aleksandr Gedike |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Franz Xaver Gleichauf |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Max Reger |
| View | Complete | guitar | Ben Beuming |
| View | Complete | piano | Eugen d' Albert |
| View | Complete | piano | Georgy Catoire |
| View | Complete | piano | Fritz Malata |
| View | Complete | piano | Jean Roger-Ducasse |
| View | Complete | piano | Tivadar Szántó |
| View | Complete | piano | Josef Weiss |
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Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Peter van der Zwaag, organ | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | Helmut Walcha, organ | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | Helmut Walcha, organ | — | Passacaglia Thema Fugatum |
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| View | Arthur Poister, organ | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | For 3 Flutes and Organ (Yoshida) | Complete Performance | ||
| View | MIDI | — | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For 12 Recorders (Kemp) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For Alto Recorder, Oboe, Bassoon, Violin and Continuo (Rondeau) | Synthesized Performance |
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