Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Title Cello Suite No. 1
Creators Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Opus BWV 1007
Instrumentation cello
Number of movements 7
Keys G major
Composed 1717
First published 1824
Dedication
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Average duration (sec)
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Composition types Suites
Period Baroque
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Sections

Title
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Metronome Key Measures
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuett I
Menuett II
Gigue

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete Giovanni Pietro Orefice
View Complete cello and piano
viola and piano
Friedrich Wilhelm Stade
Revised version
View Complete cello and piano
viola and piano
Friedrich Wilhelm Stade
View Complete cello and piano Carl Georg Peter Grädener
View Complete cello and piano Carl Schröder
View Complete cello and piano Robert Schumann
View Complete flute Hideo Kamioka
View Complete oboe
saxophone
Robert Würz
View Complete clarinet
bass clarinet
Tyler John Boyle
View Complete clarinet Robert Würz
View Complete baritone saxophone Robert Würz
View Complete trumpet Jay Lichtmann
View Complete guitar Gérard Reyne
View Complete violin Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
View Complete viola Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
View Complete harpsichord Thomas Dent
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) violin and piano
cello and piano
viola and piano
View Prélude (No.1) recorder Giacomo Andreola
View Prélude (No.1) violin
View Prélude (No.1) violin Isaac Aaron Weiss
View Prélude (No.1) viola Jean Raimon Alphonse
View Prélude (No.1) double bass Andrey Vul
View Prélude (No.1) guitar Salim Dada
View Prélude (No.1) guitar Steve Shorter
View Prélude (No.1) organ Pierre Gouin
View Prélude (No.1) celesta
toy piano
Kazue Rockzaemon Isida
View Prélude (No.1) accordion Massimiliano Virdis
View Prélude (No.1) Unspecified instrument Nakamura Bambaataa
View Prélude (No.1) piano Stefano Paparozzi
View Prélude (No.1) piano
View Allemande (No.2) 2 violins, viola and cello Elaine Fine
View Allemande (No.2) lute Vladimír Váša
View Courante (No.3) piano Arthur Foote
View Sarabande (No.4) 3 recorders R.D. Tennent
View Sarabande (No.4) saxophone and oboe
saxophone and baritone saxophone
Robert Würz

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Manuscript Complete Score
View Complete Complete Score
View Complete Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
View Complete Edition Peters Complete Score
View Complete Complete Score (Text I)
Complete Score (Text II)
View Complete YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library Complete Score (without slurs)
Complete Score (with slurs)
View Complete Cellofun.eu 2021 Complete Score
View Complete Menuets (Movements V and VI)
View Complete Arrangement
by Giovanni Pietro Orefice
Complete score
View Complete Arrangement for cello and piano
viola and piano
by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade
Revised version

Gustav Heinze Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for cello and piano
viola and piano
by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade
Gustav Heinze 1864 Viola Part (alternate)
View Complete Arrangement for cello and piano
by Carl Georg Peter Grädener
H. Pohle Complete Score and Cello Part
View Complete Arrangement for cello and piano
by Carl Schröder
Schott Complete Score and Cello Part
View Complete Arrangement for cello and piano
by Robert Schumann
Musical examples from Edgar Stillman Kelley article 1893 Excerpts
View Complete Arrangement for flute
by Hideo Kamioka
Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for oboe
saxophone
by Robert Würz
Robert Würz 2022 Complete Score (Oboe or Saxophone)
View Complete Arrangement for clarinet
bass clarinet
by Tyler John Boyle
Tyler John Boyle 2018 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for clarinet
by Robert Würz
Robert Würz 2022 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for baritone saxophone
by Robert Würz
Robert Würz 2022 Complete Score (low A)
View Complete Arrangement for trumpet
by Jay Lichtmann
Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for guitar
by Gérard Reyne
Gérard Reyne 1964 Complete Score (with facsimile)
View Complete Arrangement for violin
by Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library Complete Score (without slurs)
View Complete Arrangement for viola
by Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library Complete Score (without slurs)
Complete Score (with slurs)
View Complete Arrangement for harpsichord
by Thomas Dent
Complete Score
1. Prélude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
6. Menuet I & II
7. Gigue
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Joachim Raff
J. Rieter-Biedermann Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for celesta
toy piano
by Kazue Rockzaemon Isida
Rockza Music Edition 2017 I. Prelude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Menuet I
VI. Menuet II
VII. Gigue
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Elaine Fine
Cello Solo, 2 violins, and viola - Score and Parts
Viola Solo, 2 violins, and cello - Score and Parts
Engraving files (Finale)
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for violin and piano
cello and piano
viola and piano
Violin and Piano
Viola and Piano
Cello and Piano
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for recorder
by Giacomo Andreola
Treble Recorder
Descant or Tenor Recorder
Treble Recorder (F major)
Notes on Recorder Technique
Engraving files (Encore)
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for violin Barcelona: Marc Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for violin
by Isaac Aaron Weiss
Complete Score (with fingerings)
MSCZ source file (in ZIP archive)
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for viola
by Jean Raimon Alphonse
Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for double bass
by Andrey Vul
Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for guitar
by Salim Dada
Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for guitar
by Steve Shorter
Complete Score
Engraving files (Lilypond)
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for organ
by Pierre Gouin
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2007 Pedal-Exercitium 1 (Pedal study)
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for celesta
toy piano
by Kazue Rockzaemon Isida
Rockza Music Edition 2020 Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for accordion
by Massimiliano Virdis
Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for Unspecified instrument
by Nakamura Bambaataa
Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for piano
by Stefano Paparozzi
Stefano Paparozzi 2021 Complete Score
View Prélude (No.1) Arrangement for piano Complete Score
View Allemande (No.2) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Elaine Fine
Elaine Fine 2020 Complete Score and Parts
View Allemande (No.2) Arrangement for lute
by Vladimír Váša
Vladimír Váša 2018 Complete Score
Complete Score (French tab)
Complete Score (French tab only)
View Courante (No.3) Arrangement for piano
by Arthur Foote
Arthur P. Schmidt 1885 Complete Score
Complete Score
View Sarabande (No.4) Arrangement for 3 recorders
by R.D. Tennent
Complete Score
View Sarabande (No.4) Arrangement for saxophone and oboe
saxophone and baritone saxophone
by Robert Würz
Robert Würz 2022 Bach Cello Suite 1 - Baritone Saxophone (low A) - BWV 1007
Bach Cello Suite 1 - Saxophone or Oboe - BWV 1007

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionPerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Complete Colin Carr, cello Complete Performance
View Complete Pierre Fournier, cello Complete Recording
View Complete Pablo Casals, cello 1. Prélude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Menuetto I; 6. Menuetto II
7. Gigue
View Complete Papalin, performer For Recorder Ensemble (Nakajima/Papalin) 1. Prélude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Menuett & 6. Menuett
7. Gigue
View Prelude (No.1) Luciano Tavares, guitar For Guitar (Tavares) Complete Performance
View Prelude (No.1) For Cello Complete Performance
View Synthesized Complete 1. Prélude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Menuetto I & II
6. Gigue
View Synthesized Complete For Piano (Novegno) 1. Prélude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Menuet I/II
6. Gigue
View MIDI Prelude (No.1) For Cello or Viola and String Trio (Fine) Virtual Performance
View Synthesized Prelude (No.1) For Cello or Viola and String Trio (Fine) Virtual Performance
View MIDI Sarabande (No.4) For 3 Recorders (Tennent) Synthesized Performance
View Luciano Tavares, guitar For Guitar 1. Prelude


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