Composition: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Cello Suite No. 3 |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 1009 |
| Instrumentation | cello |
| Number of movements | 7 |
| Keys | C major |
| Composed | 1717 |
| First published | 1824 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Suites |
| Period | Baroque |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prélude | — | — | — |
| Allemande | — | — | — |
| Courante | — | — | — |
| Sarabande | — | — | — |
| Bourrée | — | — | — |
| Bourrée | — | — | — |
| Gigue | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Giovanni Pietro Orefice |
| view | Complete | cello and piano viola and piano |
Friedrich Wilhelm Stade and Revised version |
| view | Complete | cello and piano | Carl Georg Peter Grädener |
| view | Complete | flute | Hideo Kamioka |
| view | Complete | trumpet | Jay Lichtmann |
| view | Complete | violin | Ferdinand David |
| view | Complete | violin | Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama |
| view | Complete | viola | Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama |
| view | Complete | double bass | Isaac Trapkus |
| view | Complete | piano | Leopold Godowsky |
| view | Complete | piano | Roberto Novegno |
| view | Complete | piano | Joachim Raff |
| view | Complete | celesta toy piano |
Kazue Rockzaemon Isida |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | 2 violins, viola and cello | Elaine Fine |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Courante (No.3) | recorder | Giacomo Andreola |
| view | Sarabande (No.4) | 3 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | strings harp and strings keyboard and strings |
Elaine Fine |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | 2 violins, viola and cello | Friedrich Hermann |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | violin and piano | Adriel Copin |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | guitar | Francisco Tárrega |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | piano | William Dawson Armstrong |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | piano | Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score (Text I) · view Complete Score (Text II) · view |
| view | Complete | — | YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library | — | Complete Score (without slurs) · view Sarabande and Bourées (with slurs) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Cellofun.eu | 2021 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement |
Giovanni Pietro Orefice | 2022 | Complete Scores and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano viola and piano |
Gustav Heinze | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Hugo Pohle | — | Complete Piano, Cello Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for trumpet |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin |
Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin |
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library | — | Complete Score (without slurs) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for viola |
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library | — | Complete Score (without slurs) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for double bass |
Isaac Trapkus | 2021 | Complete Score (transposed to G major) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Carl Fischer | 1924 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
J. Rieter-Biedermann | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for celesta toy piano |
Rockza Music Edition | 2017 | I. Prelude · view II. Allemande · view III. Courante · view IV. Sarabande · view V. Bourree I · view VI. Bourree II · view VII. Gigue · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
Elaine Fine | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2007 | Pedal - Exercitium 3 (Pedal study) · view |
| view | Courante (No.3) | Arrangement for recorder |
— | — | Treble Recorder · view Descant or Tenor Recorder · view Notes on recorder technique · view Engraving files (Encore) · view |
| view | Sarabande (No.4) | Arrangement for 3 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for strings harp and strings keyboard and strings |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view Violin · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for guitar |
Vidal Llimona y Boceta | — | Complete Score (300 dpi) · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for guitar |
Orfeo Tracheo S.A. | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for piano |
Columbian Conservatory of Music | — | Complete Score (transposed to G major ) · view |
| view | Bourrées (Nos.5 & 6) | Arrangement for piano |
Pond | 1876 | Complete Score · view Complete Score (optimized version) · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | — | Colin Carr (cello) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | Pierre Fournier (cello) | — | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | Pablo Casals (cello) | — | 1. Prelude · file 2. Allemande · file 3. Courante · file 4. Sarabande · file 5. Bourrée I 6. Bourrée II · file 7. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | For Piano (Novegno) | 1. Prelude · file 2. Allemande · file 3. Courante · file 4. Sarabande · file 5. Bourrée I/II · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Prelude (No.1) | For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Fine) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Sarabande (No.4) | For 3 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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