List of concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many concertos. Only his Violin Concertos, BWV 1041–1043 and six Brandenburg Concertos can be found in their first instrumentation. His harpsichord concertos are mostly based on concertos made for other instruments.Breig 1997, p. 131

Concerto transcriptions
Bach transcribed some concertos by other composers for solo organ (BWV 592–596) and for solo harpsichord (BWV 972–987) from July 1713 to July 1714. Most of these were from concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. He also transcribed concertos by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg Philipp Telemann and Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.Jones 2007, pp. 140–153Boyd 2006, pp. 80–83Williams 2003, pp. 201–224Schulenberg 2013, pp. 117–139Butler 2011

+ Weimar concerto transcriptions BWV Key Instr. Model 592  G major  organ  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar:  592a  G major  harpsichord  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: ; BWV 592 593  A minor  organ  Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 8: Concerto in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522 594  C major  organ  Vivaldi, RV 208: Violin Concerto in D major "Grosso Mogul" (version RV 208a made public as Op. 7 No. 11) 595  C major  organ  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: , first movement, and/or BWV 984/1 596  D minor  organ  Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 11: Concerto in D minor for two violins, cello and strings, RV 565 972  D major  harpsichord   Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 9: Violin Concerto in D major, RV 230; BWV 972a 972a  D major  harpsichord   Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 9: Violin Concerto in D major, RV 230 973  G major  harpsichord  Vivaldi, RV 299: Violin Concerto in G major (made public as Op. 7 No. 8) 974  D minor  harpsichord  Marcello, A.: Oboe Concerto in D minorD935 in Selfridge-Field 1990 975  G minor  harpsichord  Vivaldi, RV 316 (version RV 316a, Violin Concerto in G minor, made public as Op. 4 No. 6) 976  C major  harpsichord  Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 12: Violin Concerto in E major, RV 265 977  C major  harpsichord   978  F major  harpsichord   Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 3: Violin Concerto in G major, RV 310 979  B minor  harpsichord  Vivaldi, RV 813: Violin Concerto in D minor (was called RV Anh. 10)Talbot 2011, pp. 28–29 and p. 54Schulenberg 2016 980  G major  harpsichord  Vivaldi, RV 383: Violin Concerto in B-flat major, (version RV 383a made public as Op. 4 No. 1) 981  C minor  harpsichord  Marcello, B.: Concerto Op. 1 No. 2 982    harpsichord  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: Concerto Op. 1 No. 1 983  G minor  harpsichord  984  C major  harpsichord  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: , and/or BWV 595 985  G minor  harpsichord  Telemann:  986  G major  harpsichord   987  D minor  harpsichord  Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: Concerto Op. 1 No. 4

Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051

BWV 1046 – Concerto No. 1 in F major
BWV 1047 – Concerto No. 2 in F major
 BWV 1048 – Concerto No. 3 in G major
 BWV 1049 – Concerto No. 4 in G major
 BWV 1048 – Concerto No. 5 in D major
 BWV 1049 – Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major

Violin concertos, BWV 1041–1043

BWV 1041 – Concerto in A minor
 BWV 1042 – Concerto in E major
 BWV 1043 – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

Concerto form in other compositions

Sonate auf Concertenart
The Sonate auf Concertenart ( sonata in the style of a concerto) name is used for some of Bach's sonatas.

In vocal compositions

Bach wrote some movements of his vocal works in the concerto form. One example is the starting chorus of his cantata BWV 7, which is like an Italian violin concerto movement. Another example is the starting movement of Bach's Magnificat.Spitta 1899, Vol. II pp. 374–376

Harpsichord concertos

 BWV 971 –  Italian Concerto
 BWV 1052 – Harpsichord Concerto in D minor
 BWV 1053 – Harpsichord Concerto in E major
 BWV 1054 – Harpsichord Concerto in D major
 BWV 1055 – Harpsichord Concerto in A major
 BWV 1056 – Harpsichord Concerto in F minor
 BWV 1057 – Harpsichord Concerto in F major
 BWV 1058 – Harpsichord Concerto in G minor
 BWV 1059 – Harpsichord Concerto in D minor
BWV 1060 – Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor
 BWV 1061  – Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major
 BWV 1062  – Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor
 BWV 1063  – Concerto for Three Harpsichords D minor
 BWV 1064  – Concerto for Three Harpsichords C major
 BWV 1065  – Concerto for Four Harpsichords A minor

Triple Concerto, BWV 1044

Doubtful and spurious
For organ:
 BWV 571 – Fantasia (Concerto) in G major
 BWV 597 – Concerto in E-flat major
For harpsichord:
 BWV 909 – Concerto and Fugue in C minor
 BWV Anh. 151 – Concerto in C major
 BWV Anh. 152 – Concerto in G major
 BWV Anh. 188 – Sonata (Concerto) in F major for two harpsichords by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (BR A12; F 10)
For chamber ensemble:
 BWV 525a (or: BWV deest) – Concerto (or: Trio Sonata) in C major for violin, cello and continuo (version of BWV 525/1, 1032/2 and 525/3)
Orchestral concertos:
 BWV Anh. 22 – 
 BWV Anh. 155 – Concerto in A major for keyboard, strings and continuo by Wenzel Raimund Birck
 BWV Anh. 189 – Concerto in A minor for keyboard, strings and continuo by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Reconstructions
BWV 1052R
Based on BWV 1052, 1052a, cantata movements BWV 146/1 (Sinfonia) and /2 (Chorus), and the lost opening Sinfonia of BWV 188 (a version of the third movement of BWV 1052 written for oboe, strings and obligato organ):
 Violin Concerto in D minor
 Organ Concerto in D minorAndré Isoir, Le Parlement de Musique, Martin Gester. Johann Sebastian Bach: L'oeuvre pour orgue et orchestre. Calliope 1993

BWV 1053R
Based on BWV 1053 and/or cantata movements BWV 169/1 (Sinfonia), /5 (Aria) and 49/1 (Sinfonia):
 Oboe d'amore Concerto in D major 
 Oboe Concerto in F major
 Organ Concerto in D major

BWV 1055R
Based on BWV 1055:
 Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major

BWV 1056R
Based on BWV 1056 and/or (for the middle movement) BWV 156/1 (Sinfonia):
 Violin Concerto in G minor 
 Oboe Concerto in G minor

BWV 1059R
Based on the BWV 1059 fragment and on cantata movements BWV 35/1 (Sinfonia of Part I), 156/1 (Sinfonia) or 35/2 (Aria), and 35/5 (Sinfonia of Part II):
 Harpsichord Concerto in D minor
 Oboe Concerto in D minor
 Organ Concerto in D minor

BWV 1060R
Based on BWV 1060:
 Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor
 Concerto for Violin and Oboe in D minor
 Concerto for Two Violins in C minor

BWV 1063R
Based on BWV 1063:
 Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Flute in D minor
 Concerto for Three Violins in D minor

BWV 1064R
Based on BWV 1064:
 Concerto for Three Violins in D major

References

Sources
 Malcolm Boyd. Bach. Oxford University Press, 2006. 
 Werner Breig, translated by Steward Spencer. "The instrumental music", pp. 123–135, and "Composition as arrangement and adaptation", pp. 154–170, in The Cambridge Companion to Bach, edited by John Butt. Cambridge University Press, 1997. 
 H. Joseph Butler. "Emulation and Inspiration: J. S. Bach’s Transcriptions from Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico" in The Diapason, August 2011.
 Richard D. P. Jones. The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit, Volume I: 1695-1717. Oxford University Press, 2007. 
 Richard D. P. Jones. The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit, Volume II: 1717-1750. Oxford University Press, 2013 

 David Schulenberg. The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach. Routledge, 2013. 
 David Schulenberg. "Updates for The Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach" at , 10 August 2016 (retrieved 9 December 2016)
 Eleanor Selfridge-Field. The Music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: A Thematic Catalogue with Commentary on the Composers, Repertory, and Sources. Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press, 1990. 
 Michael Talbot. The Vivaldi Compendium. Boydell Press, 2011. .
 Piotr Wilk, translated by Paweł Wróbel. "On the question of the Baroque instrumental concerto typology", pp. 83–102 in Musica Iagellonica, 2012.
 Peter Williams. The Organ Music of J. S. Bach. Cambridge University Press, 2003. 
 Peter Williams. A Musical Biography. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 
 Christoph Wolff. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician. W. W. Norton, 2001. 

External links
 On IMSLP:
 Concertos for organ, BWV 592–597 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
 Italienisches Konzert, BWV 971 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
 16 Konzerte nach verschiedenen Meistern, BWV 972–987 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
 (BWV 1041–65:) Concertos (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Category:Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach