Partita for keyboard No. 6 (Bach)

The Partita for keyboard No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830, is a keyboard suite by Johann Sebastian Bach composed between 1726 and 1729 and published in 1731. It is the last suite in his Clavier-Übung I, Op. 1.

Structure

This partita consists of seven movements all in E minor.

Legacy

American composer George Rochberg's harpsichord fantasia Nach Bach contains direct quotes from this partita.

External links

6 Partitas for keyboard, BWV 825–830: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Partita No 6 E minor, BWV 830 on YouTube, Murray Perahia

Johann Sebastian Bach

Compositions

Lists	Cantatas (chorale cantatas) Motets Masses, Mass movements, Magnificats, Passions and Oratorios Chorale harmonisations Songs and arias Organ compositions Keyboard and lute Chamber music Orchestral works Fugal works Transcriptions Printed during Bach's lifetime

More info	Cantatas Church cantatas Second cantata cycle Church music in Latin Passions Performance practice Bach's choir and orchestra New Bach Edition

Johann Sebastian Bach's 1722 seal, used throughout his Leipzig years. It contains the letters 'J S B' superimposed over their mirror image. The whole is topped with a crown.

People

Family
Students
Biographers and scholars: Basso, Dürr, Forkel, Jones, Neumann, Rust, Schmieder, Spitta, Terry, Wolff

Organizations

Bach Society
Bach Gesellschaft
Neue Bachgesellschaft
Bach Archive (Leipzig)
Johann Sebastian Bach Institute (Göttingen)
Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart

Places

Other topics

BACH motif
Bach festivals
Competitions and prizes: International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize

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