Overture in the French style, BWV 831 [SEP] instrumentation
Overture in the French style, BWV 831
The Overture in the French style, BWV 831, original title Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art, also known as the French Overture and published as the second half of Clavier-Übung II in 1735 (paired with the "Italian Concerto"), is a suite in B minor for two-manual harpsichord written by Johann Sebastian Bach. An earlier version of this work exists, in the key of C minor (BWV 831a); the work was transposed into B minor to complete
E minor
- BWV 831 – "Overture in the French Style", in B minor
- BWV 831a – Earlier version in C minor of BWV 831
- BWV 832 – Suite in A major
- BWV 833 – Prelude and Partita in F major
- BWV 834 – Allemande in C minor
- BWV 835 – Allemande in A minor
- BWV 836 – Allemande in G minor
- BWV 837 – Allemande in G minor (incomplete)
- BWV 838 – Allemande and Courante in