Catálogo BWV

BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis), Catálogo de Obras de Bach", em alemão, é o sistema de numeração por temas e não cronológico, criado por Wolfgang Schmieder em 1950, e universalmente usado e aceite como a forma padrão de numerar as obras do compositor.

Temas do catálogo e respectivos agrupamentos BWV

Obras para voz

Cantatas (1–224), Motets (225–231), Liturgical works in Latin (232–243a), Passions and Oratorios (244–249), Secular cantatas (249–249), Chorales (250–438), Songs and aria (439–518), Songs (519–523), Quodlibet (524)

Obras para órgão

Trio sonatas for organ (525–530), Preludes and Fugues, Toccatas and Fugues, and Fantasias for organ (531–581), Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (582), Trios and miscellaneous pieces for organ (583–591, 598), Concertos for organ (592–597), Chorale Preludes I: Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) (599–644), Chorale Preludes II: Schübler Chorales (645–650), Chorale Preludes III: "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes ("The Great Eighteen" chorales) (651–668), Chorale Preludes IV: "German Organ Mass", part of Clavier-Übung III (669–689), Chorale Preludes V: Kirnberger chorale preludes (690– 713), Miscellaneous chorale preludes (714–764), Partitas and chorale variations (765– 771)

Obras para harpa

Inventions and Sinfonias(772–801), Four Duets from Clavier-Übung II, English Suites(806–811), French Suites(812–817), Miscellaneous suites (818–824), Partitas for keyboard (published as Clavier-Übung I) (825–830), French Overture, from Clavier-Übung II (831), Suites and suite movements (832–845), The Well-Tempered Clavier (846–893), Preludes and fugues, toccatas and fantasias (894–920), Preludes (921-943), Fugues and fughettas (944–962), Sonatas and sonata movements (963–970), Italian Concerto, from Clavier-Übung II (971), Keyboard arrangements of concertos by other composers (972–987), Variations and miscellaneous pieces for keyboard (988–994)

Obras diversas para instrumentos de solo

Works for solo lute (995–1000), Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (1001-1006), Suite for solo lute (1006a), Suites for solo cello (1007–1012), Partita for solo flute (1013)
Obras para teclado e outros instrumentos
Works for violin and keyboard instrument (1014–1026), Sonatas for viola da gamba and keyboard instrument (1027–1029), Sonatas for flute and keyboard instrument (1030–1035), Trio sonatas (1036–1040), Concertos e suites de orquestra, Violin concertos (1041–1045), Brandenburg Concertos (1046–1051), Harpsichord concertos (1052–1065), Orchestral suites (1066–1071), Canons (1072–1078)

Últimas obras

 The Musical Offering and The Art of Fugue (1079–1080)

Recentemente adicionadas ao catálogo

Miscellaneous (BWV 1081–1089) , Neumeister Chorales (BWV 1090–1120), Various organ works (BWV 1121–1126) , Strophic aria (BWV 1127)