![]() In comparison with the two earlier sets of suites, the Partitas are by far the most free-ranging in terms of structure. This title, however, is a publishing convenience there is nothing particularly German about the Partitas. ![]() In keeping with a nineteenth-century naming tradition that labelled Bach's first set of Suites English and the second French, the Partitas are sometimes referred to as the German Suites. As with the French and English Suites, the autograph manuscript of the Partitas is no longer extant. The six partitas for keyboard form the last set of suites that Bach composed, and are the most technically demanding of the three. History Title page of the first partita, printed in 1726 by Balthasar Schmid of Nuremberg Autograph manuscript (1725) of Allegro for solo harpsichord from first version of Bach's sixth sonata for obbligato harpsichord and violin, BWV 1019a, later incorporated as Corrente in sixth partita, BWV 830. They were, however, among the last of his keyboard suites to be composed, the others being the six English Suites, BWV 806-811 and the six French Suites, BWV 812-817, as well as the Overture in the French style, BWV 831. The Partitas, BWV 825–830, are a set of six keyboard suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach, published individually beginning in 1726, then together as Clavier-Übung I in 1731, the first of his works to be published under his own direction. Collection of keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach Title page of Clavier-Übung I
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