Joh. Seb. Bach's Werke () is the

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's collected edition of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

's compositions, published in 61 volumes in the second half of the 19th century. The series is also known as Bach-Gesellschaft edition (german: Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe; BGA). It is also referred to as ''Bach-Gesamtausgabe'' (BG; ). It is a German-language edition: title pages and notes by editors are exclusively in German. A supplemental volume was published in 1926, quarter of a century after the Bach Gesellschaft's dissolution. Another late addition to the series was Max Schneider's 1935 revision of the fourth volume. All volumes, including the 20th-century additions, were published by

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. As complete edition of Bach's works it was succeeded by the

New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...

, published from 1954 to 2007.

Volumes

The Year (Yr.) in the second column refers to the volume's date of publication, that is the date of the editor's ('Preface') if different from the date on the title page.Johann Sebastian Bach's Werke
at SLUB Dresden website."BG"
at Yo Tomita's Bach Bibliography (US mirror). 2 May 2011.

Reception

Gustav Mahler owned 59 of the 61 volumes of the ''Bach-Gesamtausgabe'', and used them for his arrangements of some of Bach's compositions.

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Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

Publications of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach