French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Title French Suite No. 1 in D minor
Creators Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Opus BWV 812
Instrumentation keyboard
Number of movements 6
Keys D minor
Composed 1722
First published 1802
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Composition types Suites
Period Baroque
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Sections

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Metronome Key Measures
Allemande — — —
Courante — — —
Sarabande — — —
Menuet I — — —
Menuet II — — —
Gigue — — —

Arrangements

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View Complete 3 guitars Anton Höger
View Sarabande (No.3) 3 horns Carol Olson
View Sarabande (No.3) organ Pierre Gouin
View Sarabande (No.3) guitar Bert Alink

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete — — — Complete Score
View Complete — — — Version A: Later version (after Altnikol's copy)
Version B: Earlier version
View Complete — Adrien Chotard 2022 Complete Score
Engraving files (Lilypond)
View Complete Arrangement for 3 guitars
by Anton Höger
— — Complete Score
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
View Sarabande (No.3) Arrangement for 3 horns
by Carol Olson
Carol Olson 2019 Complete Score
View Sarabande (No.3) Arrangement for organ
by Pierre Gouin
Montréal — Complete Score
View Sarabande (No.3) Arrangement for guitar
by Bert Alink
— — Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionPerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View — Marco Alejandro Gil Esteva, piano — 1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Minuet I
5. Minuet II
6. Gigue
View MIDI Sarabande (No.3) For Organ (Gouin) Synthesized Performance


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