# List of chamber music works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to the compositions in the tenth chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions), or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series VI. Chamber music is understood as containing:
* Works for solo violin, cello or flute (not including works for solo keyboard instruments or lute which are contained elsewhere in the BWV catalogue and the New Bach Edition);
* Chamber music works for two or more players (where concertos for multiple players, and orchestral suites also fall outside the chamber music designation)

## Works for solo violin, cello or flute
### Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006)

* BWV 1001 – Sonata No. 1 in G minor
* BWV 1002 – Partita No. 1 in B minor
* BWV 1003 – Sonata No. 2 in A minor
* BWV 1004 – Partita No. 2 in D minor
* BWV 1005 – Sonata No. 3 in C major
* BWV 1006 – Partita No. 3 in E major
** BWV 1006a – Suite in E major for solo lute (transcription of Partita No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1006)

### Suites for solo cello (BWV 1007–1012)

* BWV 1007 – Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
* BWV 1008 – Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor
* BWV 1009 – Cello Suite No. 3 in C major
* BWV 1010 – Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major
* BWV 1011 – Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor
* BWV 1012 – Cello Suite No. 6 in D major

### Partita for solo flute (BWV 1013)

* BWV 1013 – Partita in A minor for solo flute

## Two or more instruments
### Six sonatas for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019)

* BWV 1014 – Sonata in B minor for violin and harpsichord
* BWV 1015 – Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord
* BWV 1016 – Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord
* BWV 1017 – Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord
* BWV 1018 – Sonata in F minor for violin and harpsichord
** BWV 1018a – Adagio in F minor for violin and harpsichord (early version of movement 3 from BWV 1018)
* BWV 1019 – Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord
** BWV 1019a – Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord (earlier version of BWV 1019)

### Other works for accompanied violin (BWV 1020–1026)

* BWV 1020 – Sonata in G minor for violin (or flute) and harpsichord (now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – H 542.5)
* BWV 1021 – Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo
* BWV 1022 – Sonata in F major for violin and harpsichord (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
* BWV 1023 – Sonata in E minor for violin and basso continuo
* BWV 1024 – Sonata in C minor for violin and basso continuo (doubtful)
* BWV 1025 – Suite in A major for violin and harpsichord (after a sonata by Sylvius Leopold Weiss) (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
* BWV 1026 – Fugue in G minor for violin and basso continuo (doubtful)

### Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord (BWV 1027–1029)

* BWV 1027 – Sonata No. 1 in G major for viola da gamba and harpsichord (arrangement of BWV 1039)
** BWV 1027a – Trio in G major for organ (arrangement of movement 4 from BWV 1027)
* BWV 1028 – Sonata No. 2 in D major for viola da gamba and harpsichord
* BWV 1029 – Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord

### Sonatas for accompanied flute (BWV 1030–1035)

* BWV 1030 – Sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord
** BWV 1030a – Sonata in G minor for harpsichord and unknown instrument (oboe or viola da gamba conjectured) – earlier version of BWV 1030 of which only harpsichord part survives
* BWV 1031 – Sonata in E-flat major for flute and harpsichord (doubtful, possibly by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach as H 545)
* BWV 1032 – Sonata in A major for flute and harpsichord
* BWV 1033 – Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
* BWV 1034 – Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo
* BWV 1035 – Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo

### Trio sonatas (BWV 1036–1040)

* BWV 1036 – Sonata in D minor for 2 violins and basso continuo (now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
* BWV 1037 – Sonata in C major for 2 violins and basso continuo (now attributed to Johann Gottlieb Goldberg)
* BWV 1038 – Sonata in G major for flute, violin and basso continuo (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach)
* BWV 1039 – Sonata in G major for 2 flutes and basso continuo
* BWV 1040 – Canonic sonata in F major for oboe, violin and basso continuo

## Chamber music works in the 10th chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1998)

Legend to the table :
| column | column | content |
| 01 | BWV | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (lit. 'Bach-works-catalogue'; BWV) numbers. Anhang (Annex; Anh.) numbers are indicated as follows: preceded by I: in Anh. I (lost works) of BWV$^1$ (1950 first edition of the BWV) preceded by II: in Anh. II (doubtful works) of BWV$^1$ preceded by III: in Anh. III (spurious works) of BWV$^1$ preceded by N: new Anh. numbers in BWV$^2$ (1990) and/or BWV$^{2a}$ (1998) |
| 02 | $^{2a}$ | Section in which the composition appears in BWV$^{2a}$: Chapters of the main catalogue indicated by Arabic numerals (1-13) Anh. sections indicated by Roman numerals (I–III) Reconstructions published in the NBE indicated by "R" |
| 03 | Date | Date associated with the completion of the listed version of the composition. Exact dates (e.g. for most cantatas) usually indicate the assumed date of first (public) performance. When the date is followed by an abbreviation in brackets (e.g. JSB for Johann Sebastian Bach) it indicates the date of that person's involvement with the composition as composer, scribe or publisher. |
| 04 | Name | Name of the composition: if the composition is known by a German incipit, that German name is preceded by the composition type (e.g. cantata, chorale prelude, motet, ...) |
| 05 | Key | Key of the composition |
| 06 | Scoring | See scoring table below for the abbreviations used in this column |
| 07 | BG | Bach Gesellschaft-Ausgabe (BG edition; BGA): numbers before the colon indicate the volume in that edition. After the colon an Arabic numeral indicates the page number where the score of the composition begins, while a Roman numeral indicates a description of the composition in the Vorwort (Preface) of the volume. |
| 08 | NBE | New Bach Edition (German: Neue Bach-Ausgabe, NBA): Roman numerals for the series, followed by a slash, and the volume number in Arabic numerals. A page number, after a colon, refers to the "Score" part of the volume. Without such page number, the composition is only described in the "Critical Commentary" part of the volume. The volumes group Bach's compositions by genre: Cantatas (Vol. 1–34: church cantatas grouped by occasion; Vol. 35–40: secular cantatas; Vol. 41: Varia)Masses, Passions, Oratorios (12 volumes)Motets, Chorales, Lieder (4 volumes)Organ Works (11 volumes)Keyboard and Lute Works (14 volumes)Chamber Music (5 volumes)Orchestral Works (7 volumes)Canons, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue (3 volumes)Addenda (approximately 7 volumes) |
| 09 | Additional info | may include: "after" – indicating a model for the composition "by" – indicating the composer of the composition (if different from Johann Sebastian Bach) "in" – indicating the oldest known source for the composition "pasticcio" – indicating a composition with parts of different origin "see" – composition renumbered in a later edition of the BWV "text" – by text author, or, in source Provenance of standard texts and tunes, such as Lutheran hymns and their chorale melodies, Latin liturgical texts (e.g. Magnificat) and common tunes (e.g. Folia), are not usually indicated in this column. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes. |
| 10 | BD | Bach Digital Work page |
Legend for abbreviations in "Scoring" column :
| Voices (see also SATB) |||||||||||||
| a | A | b | B | s | S | t | T | v | v | v | V | V |
| alto (solo part) | alto (choir part) | bass (solo part) | bass (choir part) | soprano (solo part) | soprano (choir part) | tenor (solo part) | tenor (choir part) | voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons) | voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons) | voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons) | vocal music for unspecified voice type | vocal music for unspecified voice type |
| Winds and battery (bold = soloist) |||||||||||||
| Bas | Bel | Cnt | Fl | Hn | Ob | Oba | Odc | Tai | Tbn | Tdt | Tmp | Tr |
| bassoon (can be part of Bc, see below) | bell(s) (musical bells) | cornett, cornettino | flute (traverso, flauto dolce, piccolo, flauto basso) | natural horn, corno da caccia, corno da tirarsi, lituo | oboe | oboe d'amore | oboe da caccia | taille | trombone | tromba da tirarsi | timpani | tromba (natural trumpet, clarino trumpet) |
| Strings and keyboard (bold = soloist) |||||||||||||
| Bc | Bc | Hc | Kb | Lu | Lw | Org | Str | Va | Vc | Vdg | Vl | Vne |
| basso continuo: Vdg, Hc, Vc, Bas, Org, Vne and/or Lu | basso continuo: Vdg, Hc, Vc, Bas, Org, Vne and/or Lu | harpsichord | keyboard (Hc, Lw, Org or clavichord) | lute, theorbo | Lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord) | organ (/man. = manualiter, without pedals) | strings: Vl I, Vl II and Va | viola(s), viola d'amore, violetta | violoncello, violoncello piccolo | viola da gamba | violin(s), violino piccolo | violone, violone grosso |
Background colours :
| Colour | Meaning |
| green | extant or clearly documented partial or complete manuscript (copy) by Bach and/or first edition under Bach's supervision |
| yellow | extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) or print edition, in whole or in part, by close relative, i.e. brother (J. Christoph), wife (A. M.), son (W. F. / C. P. E. / J. C. F. / J. Christian) or son-in-law (Altnickol) |
| orange-brown | extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) by close friend and/or pupil (Kellner, Krebs, Kirnberger, Walther, ...), or distant family member |
Chamber music works in Chapter 10 of BWV$^{2a}$ :
| BWV | $^{2a}$ | Date | Name | Key | Scoring | BG | NBE | Additional info | BD |
| 1001 | 10. | 1720 | Sonatas and partitas for solo violin No. 1: Sonata No. 1 | G min. | Vl | 27$^1$: 3 | VI/1: 3 rev 3: 3 | → BWV 1000, 539/2 | 01179 |
| 1002 | 10. | 1720 | Partitas and sonatas for solo violin No. 2: Partita No. 1 | B min. | Vl | 27$^1$: 3 | VI/1: 10 rev 3: 10 | | 01180 |
| 1003 | 10. | 1720 | Sonatas and partitas for solo violin No. 3: Sonata No. 2 | A min. | Vl | 27$^1$: 3 | VI/1: 20 rev 3: 20 | → BWV 964 | 01181 |
| 1004 | 10. | 1720 | Partitas and sonatas for solo violin No. 4: Partita No. 2 | D min. | Vl | 27$^1$: 3 | VI/1: 30 rev 3: 30 | | 01182 |
| 1005 | 10. | 1720 | Sonatas and partitas for solo violin No. 5: Sonata No. 3 | C maj. | Vl | 27$^1$: 3 | VI/1: 42 rev 3: 42 | after "Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott"; → BWV 968 | 01183 |
| 1006.1 | 10. | 1720 | Partitas and sonatas for solo violin No. 6: Partita No. 3 | E maj. | Vl | 27$^1$: 3 | VI/1: 54 rev 3: 54 | → BWV 1006.2, 29/1 and 120a/4 | 01184 |
| 1007 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 1 | G maj. | Vc | 27$^1$: 59 | VI/2: 2 | | 01186 |
| 1008 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 2 | D min. | Vc | 27$^1$: 59 | VI/2: 8 | | 01187 |
| 1009 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 3 | C maj. | Vc | 27$^1$: 59 | VI/2:14 | | 01188 |
| 1010 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 4 | E♭ maj. | Vc | 27$^1$: 59 | VI/2: 22 | | 01189 |
| 1011 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 5 | C min. | Vc | 27$^1$: 59 | VI/2: 32 | → BWV 995 | 01190 |
| 1012 | 10. | 1720 (AMB) | Suite for cello No. 6 | D maj. | Vc | 27$^1$: 59 | VI/2:40 | | 01191 |
| 1013 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Partita for flute | A min. | Fl | | VI/3: 3 | | 01192 |
| 1014 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 1 | B min. | Vl Hc | 9: 69 | VI/1: 83 rev 3: 83 | | 01193 |
| 1015 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 2 | A maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 84 | VI/1: 99 rev 3: 99 | | 01194 |
| 1016 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 3 | E maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 98 | VI/1: 115 rev 3: 115 | | 01195 |
| 1017 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 4 | C min. | Vl Hc | 9: 120 | VI/1: 136 rev 3: 136 | | 01196 |
| 1018.2 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 5 | F min. | Vl Hc | 9: 136 | VI/1: 153 rev 3: 153 | after BWV 1018.1 | 01197 |
| 1018.1 | 10. | 1717–1723? | Adagio, early version of BWV 1018/3 | F min. | Vl Hc | 9: 250 | VI/1: 195 rev 3: 194 | → BWV 1018.2/3 | 01198 |
| 1019.3 | 10. | after 1729? | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 6 | G maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 154 | VI/1: 172 rev 3: 172 | after BWV 1019.2 | 01200 |
| 1019.1 | 10. | 1725 | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 6, early version 1 (partially lost) | G maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 252 | VI/1: 197 rev 3: 196 | → BWV 830/3, /6, 1019.2 | 01199 |
| 1019.2 | 10. | c. 1730–1731 | Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 6, early version 2 | G maj. | Vl Hc | 9: 252 | VI/1: 197 rev 3: 218 | after BWV 1019.1, 120.1/4; → BWV 1019.3 | 11577 |
| 1021 | 10. | 1732–1733 | Sonata for violin and continuo | G maj. | Vl Bc | | VI/1: 65 rev 3: 65 | → BWV 1022, 1038 | 01202 |
| 1023 | 10. | c.1714–1717? | Sonata for violin and continuo | E min. | Vl Bc | 43$^1$: 31 | VI/1: 73 rev 3: 73 | | 01204 |
| 1025.1 | 10. | after 1739? | Suite for violin and keyboard | A maj. | Vl Kb | 9: 43 | VI/5: 67 | after Weiss; → BWV 1025.2 | 11578 |
| 1025.2 | 10. | c. 1746–1747? | Suite for violin and keyboard (incomplete) | A maj. | Vl Kb | 9: 43 | VI/5: 97 | after BWV 1025.1 | 01206 |
| 1026 | 10. | c.1714–1717 | Fugue for violin and continuo | G min. | Vl Bc | 43$^1$: 39 | VI/5: 59 | | 01207 |
| 1027 | 10. | c.1742 | Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 1 | G maj. | Gam Hc | 9: 175 | VI/4: 3 | after BWV 1039; → 1027/1a /2a /4a | 01208 |
| 1028 | 10. | | Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 2 | D maj. | Gam Hc | 9: 175 | VI/4: 21 | | 01210 |
| 1029 | 10. | | Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 3 | G min. | Gam Hc | 9: 175 | VI/4: 36 | → BWV 545b | 01211 |
| 1030.2 | 10. | 1736–1737 | Sonata for flute and harpsichord | B min. | Fl Hc | 9: 3 | VI/3: 33 | after BWV 1030.1 | 11579 |
| 1030.1 | 10. | 1717–1736 | Sonata for unknown instrument and harpsichord | G min. | v Hc | | VI/3: 89 | → BWV 1030.2 | 01212 |
| 1032 | 10. | 1736–1737 | Sonata for flute and harpsichord (/1 incomplete) | A maj. | Fl Hc | 9: 32, 245 | VI/3: 54 | → BWV 525a | 01214 |
| 1034 | 10. | after 1723 | Sonata for flute and continuo | E min. | Fl Bc | 43$^1$: 9 | VI/3: 11 | | 01216 |
| 1035 | 10. | 1740s | Sonata for flute and continuo | E maj. | Fl Bc | 43$^1$: 21 | VI/3: 23 | | 01217 |
| 1039 | 10. | 1708–1726 | Sonata | G maj. | 2Fl Bc | 9: 260 | VI/3: 71 | → BWV 1027 | 01221 |