Bach, Johann Sebastian
(born 21 March 1685; died 28 July 1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, a control of harmonic and motivic organisation from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
JS Bach's works are indexed with BWV numbers, an initialism for Bach Werke Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue). The catalogue, published in 1950, was compiled by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue is organised thematically, rather than chronologically: BWV 1-224 are cantatas, BWV 225-249 the large-scale choral works, BWV 250-524 chorales and sacred songs, BWV 525-748 organ works, BWV 772-994 other keyboard works, BWV 995-1000 lute music, BWV 1001-40 chamber music, BWV 1041-71 orchestral music, and BWV 1072-1126 canons and fugues. In compiling the catalogue, Schmieder largely followed the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe, a comprehensive edition of the composer's works that was produced between 1850 and 1905
Bach's works for solo instruments - a suite and several other works for solo lute (BWV 995–1000), the six sonatas and partitas for violin (BWV1001-1006), the six cello suites (BWV 1007-1012) and the Partita for solo flute (BWV1013) - may be listed among the most profound works in the repertoire. Guitar players not only play Bach's compositions for lute but also several transcriptions of pieces originally written for violin or cello. One example of those transcriptions is the prelude from the suite for cello no.1 (BWV 1007) that you may download from this page.
(source mainly wikipedia)
Menuett
a-moll
Bouree
Aus der Lautensuite Nr.1 in e-moll, BWV 996
Praeludium BWV 1007
aus der Cellosuite Nr.1