Bach FAQ 64

Are All Known Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Preserved?..

What a strange question ... and what a “semantic quibble” follows: Are all of Bach’s known works still in existence?..

First of all: We know of works that once existed – but they have been lost. And over the course of the roughly 270 years since Bach’s death, many of his compositions have been discovered. What’s more, it has even been determined that at least one work previously believed to be by Bach is, in fact, not his..

The real question remains intriguing. And here you can point out that it is highly likely that there are still works by Bach out there that Bach scholars are not yet aware of. These are the sensational discoveries that, every now and then, make the entire “Bach world” sit up and take notice. Then, when such a treasure can be “uncovered” in an attic, a collection, or a chest. A treasure whose very existence was previously unknown..

So: It is likely that not all of Bach's surviving works are already known..

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