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 ...

composed suites, partitas and overtures in the baroque dance suite format for solo instruments such as

harpsichord A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck (music), neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lu ...

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

and flute, and for

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

Harpsichord

* English Suites, BWV 806–811 * French Suites, BWV 812–817 * Partitas for keyboard, BWV 825–830 * Overture in the French style, BWV 831 * Other: ** Miscellaneous suites, BWV 818–824 ** Miscellaneous suites and suite movements, BWV 832–845

Lute

* Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995 * Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 * Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997 * Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998

Violin

From Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006: * Partita for Violin No. 1, BWV 1002 * Partita for Violin No. 2, BWV 1004 * Partita for Violin No. 3, BWV 1006

Cello

* Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012

Flute

* Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013

Orchestral suites