(''Andreas Bach Book''), named after one of its owners, is a manuscript collection of 57 keyboard pieces, compiled by

Johann Christoph Bach Johann Christoph Bach (baptised – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. Johann Christoph was an older cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach who would later describe him in his ''Genealogy'' (, 1735) as "the pr ...

from Ohrdruf, the elder brother of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

. The collection dates from the years 1704 to 1714, but includes older pieces. It is held in the music library of the (Municipal Library Leipzig). This manuscript contains 15 compositions by J. S. Bach and is one of the important sources for many North German composers, for example

Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (also ''Jan Adams, Jean Adam'', ''Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike''; baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers of the 1 ...

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...

and

Georg Böhm Georg Böhm (2 September 1661 – 18 May 1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach. Life Böhm was born in 1661 in Hohenkirchen. ...

who are the great masters in the training of Bach. Johann Christoph Bach left another collection, the

Möller manuscript :''see also Müller Moller, Möller, Møller or von Möller is a surname. 'Möller' means 'Miller'. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Möller, German rower * Aksel Møller (1906–1958), Danish politician * Ale Möller, Swedish mus ...

() after its owner, Johann Godfried Möller (1774–1833) – born in Ohrdruf – and which contains almost as many pieces, copied between 1704 and 1707. These manuscripts are together the two main sources for Bach's early compositions and contain the only sources of some works, including six by Buxtehude.

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* 18th-century manuscripts Compositions for harpsichord Compositions for organ Baroque compositions {{Classical-composition-stub