• Ciacona and Fuga in d minor

BWV 1178 [Nachtrag/Addendum 2025]

Genre

• Work for keyboard instruments with or without pedal keyboard

Scoring

• Organ/Keyboard instrument

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Date of origin, Work history

• J. S. Bach's Pre-Weimar Period

Comment

• The Ciacona and Fuga in D minor has been preserved in only one source (B-Br Ms II 3911 Mus (Fétis 2013)). The writer of this source was identified by Peter Wollny as Salomon Günther John (*1695), a student of Bach in Arnstadt.
  In 1727, John stated in an application in Schleiz that he had received his training “from the former organist in Arnstadt” and had subsequently worked “in the Grand Ducal Chapel in Weimar” (B. Koska, “Bach-Schüler bei der Organistenwahl zu Schleiz 1727/1728,” in: Bach-Jahrbuch 2012, pp. 228-230; and idem, “Bachs Privatschüler,” in: Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, p. 49).
  John probably copied his teacher's early work during his time in Arnstadt as his student.

Link to videos:

Ciacona und Fuga in d (Ton Koopman)

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edition essential source

B-Br Ms II 3911 Mus (Fétis 2013) [Score]

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00011965

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00011965

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2025-11-18 03:39:10