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Two new works by the young Johann Sebastian Bach identified

Ciacona and Fugue in D minor, BWV 1178, and Ciacona in G minor, BWV 1179 – in a manuscript by Salomon Günther John, a student of Bach in Arnstadt – in "KBR" the National Library of Belgium in Brussels.

»Der junge Bach«

Internationale Tagung zum jungen Johann Sebastian Bach und der Musikkultur in Thüringen im frühen 18. Jahrhundert 21.–22. November 2025 Bach-Archiv Leipzig (Sommersaal)

New digital copies

fol. 1: neues Titelblatt (G. Poelchau); fol. 2: altes Titelblatt (unbekannter Schreiber); Bleistift-Eintrag unten links (1750): "Heinrich u. Christel"

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 28