Composition: 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 | — |
| 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 | — | — | — |
| 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 and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| 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 Complete Score (with slurs) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Cellofun.eu | 2021 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Menuets (Movements V and VI) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement |
— | — | Complete score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano viola and piano |
Gustav Heinze | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano viola and piano |
Gustav Heinze | 1864 | Viola Part (alternate) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
H. Pohle | — | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Schott | — | Complete Score and Cello Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Musical examples from Edgar Stillman Kelley article | 1893 | Excerpts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for oboe saxophone |
Robert Würz | 2022 | Complete Score (Oboe or Saxophone) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for clarinet bass clarinet |
Tyler John Boyle | 2018 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for clarinet |
Robert Würz | 2022 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for baritone saxophone |
Robert Würz | 2022 | Complete Score (low A) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for trumpet |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for guitar |
Gérard Reyne | 1964 | Complete Score (with facsimile) · 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 Complete Score (with slurs) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for harpsichord |
— | — | Complete Score · view 1. Prélude · view 2. Allemande · view 3. Courante · view 4. Sarabande · view 6. Menuet I & II · view 7. Gigue · 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. Menuet I · view VI. Menuet II · view VII. Gigue · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Cello Solo, 2 violins, and viola - Score and Parts · view Viola Solo, 2 violins, and cello - Score and Parts · view Engraving files (Finale) · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for violin and piano cello and piano viola and piano |
— | — | Violin and Piano · view Viola and Piano · view Cello and Piano · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for recorder |
— | — | Treble Recorder · view Descant or Tenor Recorder · view Treble Recorder (F major) · view Notes on Recorder Technique · view Engraving files (Encore) · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for violin | Barcelona: Marc | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for violin |
— | — | Complete Score (with fingerings) · view MSCZ source file (in ZIP archive) · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for viola |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for double bass |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for guitar |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for guitar |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Lilypond) · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2007 | Pedal-Exercitium 1 (Pedal study) · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for celesta toy piano |
Rockza Music Edition | 2020 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for accordion |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for Unspecified instrument |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for piano |
Stefano Paparozzi | 2021 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prélude (No.1) | Arrangement for piano | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Allemande (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
Elaine Fine | 2020 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Allemande (No.2) | Arrangement for lute |
Vladimír Váša | 2018 | Complete Score · view Complete Score (French tab) · view Complete Score (French tab only) · view |
| view | Courante (No.3) | Arrangement for piano |
Arthur P. Schmidt | 1885 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Sarabande (No.4) | Arrangement for 3 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Sarabande (No.4) | Arrangement for saxophone and oboe saxophone and baritone saxophone |
Robert Würz | 2022 | Bach Cello Suite 1 - Baritone Saxophone (low A) - BWV 1007 · view Bach Cello Suite 1 - Saxophone or Oboe - BWV 1007 · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Colin Carr (cello) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Pierre Fournier (cello) | — | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Pablo Casals (cello) | — | 1. Prélude · file 2. Allemande · file 3. Courante · file 4. Sarabande · file 5. Menuetto I; 6. Menuetto II · file 7. Gigue · file |
|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Papalin (performer) | For Recorder Ensemble (Nakajima/Papalin) | 1. Prélude · file 2. Allemande · file 3. Courante · file 4. Sarabande · file 5. Menuett & 6. Menuett · file 7. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Prelude (No.1) | Luciano Tavares (guitar) | For Guitar (Tavares) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Prelude (No.1) | For Cello | Complete Performance · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | — | 1. Prélude · file 2. Allemande · file 3. Courante · file 4. Sarabande · file 5. Menuetto I & II · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | For Piano (Novegno) | 1. Prélude · file 2. Allemande · file 3. Courante · file 4. Sarabande · file 5. Menuet I/II · file 6. Gigue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Prelude (No.1) | For Cello or Viola and String Trio (Fine) | Virtual Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Prelude (No.1) | For Cello or Viola and String Trio (Fine) | Virtual Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Sarabande (No.4) | For 3 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | Luciano Tavares (guitar) | For Guitar | 1. Prelude · file |
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