Classification system of the Leipzig Bach Archive

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A - Bibliographies, catalogues, periodicals

A	Bibliographies, catalogues, periodicals

AB	General reference works
AB 1	Bibliographies
AB 2	Encyclopedias
AB 21	Encyclopedias of music
AB 22	General encyclopedias
AB 23	Concert guides
AB 24	Biographical reference
AB 3	Catalogues
AB 31	Library catalogues, inventories of archives
AB 32	Catalogues of museums and private collections
AB 33	Exhibition catalogues
AB 34	Publisher's catalogues, auction catalogues
AB 35	Catalogues of sound recordings, discographies
AB 4	Dictionaries
AB 41	Music dictionaries
AB 42	General dictionaries
AB 421	monolingual
AB 422	multilingual
AB 5	Indexes, registers, directories
AB 51	Thematic catalogues / catalogues raisonné
AB 52	Estate indexes
AB 53	Address books
AB 54	Textbooks
AB 55	Matriculation records
AB 56	Thematic indexes
AB 57	Other indexes

AF	Bach reference works
AF 1	Encyclopedias
AF 2	Catalogues
AF 21	Sales catalogues
AF 22	Catalogues of music collections
AF 23	Topic catalogues
AF 24	Library catalogues
AF 25	Exhibition catalogues
AF 3	Indexes, registers, directories
AF 31	Discographies
AF 32	Bibliographies
AF 33	Thematic catalogues / catalogues raisonné
AF 34	Indexes of selected works, calendar
AF 35	Other indexes

AP	Periodicals
AP 1	Newspapers
AP 2	Journals, serials, magazines
AP 3	Annuals
AP 4	Calendars

AS	Anthologies, collected editions
AS 1	Festschriften, commemorative publications
AS 2	Congress reports
AS 3	Compilations of essays, compilations of lectures
AS 4	Letters
AS 5	Essays

B - Research

B	Research

BA	Source material, general sources
BA 1	Indexes of sources
BA 2	Manuscripts, autographs generally
BA 3	Individual manuscripts
BA 31	Restoration of manuscripts
BA 32	Documents
BA 33	Copyists
BA 4	Notation
BA 5	Copies
BA 6	Paper, restoration
BA 61	Watermarks
BA 7	Facsimiles
BA 8	Source criticism
BA 9	Private collections, library collections, auctions

BC	Chronology

BH	Authenticity, questions of authenticity

BT	Editions
BT 1	Original editions, first editions, early editions
BT 2	Urtext editions
BT 3	Complete editions
BT 31	Bach-Gesamtausgabe (Bach Edition)
BT 32	Neue Bach-Ausgabe (New Bach Edition)
BT 321	Critical report
BT 33	Practical editions
BT 4	Computer-based editions
BT 41	Research, Bach database
BT 5	Editorial policy, guidelines for editing
BT 51	Printing errors
BT 52	Music publishers

BU	Book reviews

BV	Lost, dubious and newly discovered works

C - Life of J.S. Bach

C	Life of J.S. Bach

CB	Biographies
CB 1	Overviews
CB 2	Individual periods in life
CB 21	Childhood
CB 211	Eisenach
CB 212	Ohrdruf
CB 22	Youth
CB 221	Lüneburg
CB 222	Hamburg
CB 24	Death, end of life, medical issues, illness
CB 3	Individual aspects
CB 31	Monetary circumstances
CB 32	Estate, inheritance
CB 33	Travels
CB 34	Library
CB 35	Organ inspections
CB 351	Seal (emblem)
CB 36	Bach as a teacher
CB 4	Places of activity
CB 41	Arnstadt
CB 42	Köthen, Weißenfels
CB 43	Leipzig
CB 431	Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church)
CB 4311	Thomaskantor (Cantorship at St. Thomas)
CB 43111	Predecessors
CB 43112	Successors
CB 4312	Thomasschule (St. Thomas School), St. Thomas School Library
CB 43121	Rectors and teachers
CB 432	Paulinerkirche (University Church of St. Paul)
CB 433	Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church)
CB 44	Mühlhausen
CB 45	Weimar

CD	Biographical source material
CD 1	Letters
CD 2	Contemporary sources, documents

CG	Spiritual world, mentality, personality, mysticism
CG 1	Faith, piety, religiousness
CG 2	Character
CG 3	Sacred - secular
CG 4	Aesthetics

CI	Iconography
CI 1	Bach portraits generally
CI 2	Individual Bach portraits
CI 3	Sculpture
CI 31	Monuments generally
CI 32	Individual monuments
CI 33	Busts, sculptures
CI 4	Painting, Drawing, Graphics
CI 41	Drawings
CI 42	Portraits
CI 43	Modern times
CI 44	Stamps, philately

CR	Scenic representations
CR 1	Plays, dramas
CR 2	Radio plays
CR 3	Film, television
CR 4	Opera, musical comedy

CZ	Fictional representations
CZ 1	Novels
CZ 2	Novellas, stories, children's books
CZ 3	Poetry

D - Family, pupils

D	Family, pupils

DF	Family history
DF 1	Overviews
DF 2	Family trees, genealogy
DF 3	Ancestors, different places
DF 31	Arnstadt
DF 32	Eisenach
DF 33	Erfurt
DF 34	Gehren
DF 35	Meiningen
DF 36	Mühlhausen
DF 37	Ohrdruf
DF 38	Wechmar

DM	Family
DM 1	Parents
DM 11	Father, Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)
DM 12	Mother, Maria Elisabeth Bach, née Lämmerhirt (1644-1694)
DM 2	Siblings
DM 21	Brothers
DM 22	Sisters
DM 3	Wives
DM 31	Maria Barbara Bach (1684-1720)
DM 32	Anna Magdalena Bach, née Wilcke (1701-1760)
DM 4	Children
DM 41	Daughters
DM 42	Sons
DM 421	Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
DM 4211	Overviews
DM 4212	Life
DM 4213	Works
DM 422	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
DM 4221	Overviews
DM 4222	Life
DM 42221	Weimar, Köthen, Leipzig (1714-1734)
DM 42222	Frankfurt / Oder (1734-1738)
DM 42223	Berlin (ca. 1738-1768)
DM 42224	Hamburg (1768-1788)
DM 4223	Works
DM 42231	Vocal works
DM 42232	Keyboard works
DM 42233	Chamber music
DM 42234	Concertos, orchestral works
DM 42235	Theoretical works
DM 4224	Editions
DM 4225	Documents and letters, bibliographies
DM 4226	Reception
DM 423	Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
DM 424	Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715-1739)
DM 425	Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
DM 5	Other relatives
DM 51	Johann Sebastian Bach the Younger (1748-1778)
DM 52	Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759-1845)
DM 53	Johann Elias Bach (1705-1755)
DM 54	Johann Michael Bach (1745–1820)

DS	Pupils
DS 1	Overviews
DS 2	Individual pupils
DS 21	Agricola, Johann Friedrich (1720-1774)
DS 22	Altnickol, Johann Christoph (1719-1759)
DS 23	Doles, Johann Friedrich (1715-1797)
DS 24	Gerber, Heinrich Nicolaus (1702-1775)
DS 25	Homilius, Gottfried August (1714-1785)
DS 26	Kellner, Johann Peter (1705-1772)
DS 27	Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (1721-1783)
DS 28	Kittel, Johann Christian (1732-1809)
DS 29	Krebs, Johann Ludwig (1713-1780) and Johann Tobias (1690-1762)
DS 30	Mizler, Lorenz Christoph (1711-1778)
DS 31	Müthel, Johann Gottfried (1728-1788)
DS 32	Nichelmann, Christoph (1717-1762)
DS 33	Wagner, Georg Gottfried (1698-1756)

E - Contemporary history

E	Contemporary history

EA	Contemporaries
EA 1	Contemporaries generally
EA 2	Individual contemporaries
EA 3	Individual regions, places
EA 4	Cultural history
EA 5	Social, political

ED	Poetry
ED 1	Poetry generally
ED 2	Individual poets
ED 21	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

EK	Art
EK 1	Art generally
EK 12	Visual Arts
EK 13	Performing Arts
EK 14	Architecture
EK 2	Individual artists
EK 3	Individual artistic styles
EK 31	Baroque

EM	Musical life
EM 1	Music life, contemporary history
EM 2	Individual composers
EM 21	Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
EM 23	Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
EM 3	Work and style comparisons

EP	Philosophy
EP 1	Philosophy generally
EP 2	Individual philosophical aspects
EP 3	Individual philosophers

ET	Theology
ET 1	Theology generally
ET 2	Individual theological aspects
ET 21	Liturgy, Bach's music in liturgical context
ET 211	Hymnbooks
ET 22	Catholicism
ET 23	Protestantism
ET 231	Martin Luther (1483-1546)

F - Work analysis & interpretation, style analysis & criticism

F	Work analysis & interpretation, style analysis & criticism

FI	Instrumental works
FI 1	Organ works
FI 11	Toccatas
FI 12	Preludes, fantasias
FI 13	Fugues
FI 14	Chorales
FI 15	Choral preludes
FI 2	Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book)
FI 21	Arnstädter Orgelbüchlein
FI 3	Keyboard works
FI 31	Inventions, duets
FI 32	Suites, partitas
FI 321	Individual suite movements
FI 33	Preludes, fugues
FI 331	Individual preludes
FI 332	Chromatic fantasia
FI 333	Toccatas
FI 34	Sonatas
FI 341	Individual sonata movements
FI 35	Variations, capricci
FI 351	Goldberg Variations
FI 36	Well-Tempered Clavier
FI 37	Clavier-Übung I - III
FI 371	Italian Concerto, Overture in the French style
FI 38	Anna Magdalena Bach's Klavierbüchlein
FI 39	Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's Klavierbüchlein
FI 4	Works for lute
FI 5	Chamber music
FI 51	Solo violin
FI 52	Solo violoncello
FI 53	Flute
FI 54	Violin and keyboard
FI 6	Instrumental music
FI 61	Instrumental concertos
FI 611	Brandenburg Concertos
FI 62	Overtures, sinfonias
FI 7	Canons
FI 8	Musical Offering
FI 9	Art of Fugue

FK	Vocal works
FK 1	Texts
FK 11	Word-tone correlation, rhetoric
FK 12	Textbooks
FK 13	Text interpretations
FK 14	Librettists
FK 2	Cantatas
FK 21	Secular cantatas
FK 22	Sacred cantatas
FK 3	Motets
FK 4	Masses, Mass movements
FK 41	Mass in B minor (B-minor mass)
FK 5	Magnificat
FK 6	Passions
FK 61	St John Passion
FK 62	St Luke Passion
FK 63	St Mark Passion
FK 64	St Matthew Passion
FK 7	Oratorios
FK 71	Christmas Oratorio
FK 72	Ascension Oratorio
FK 73	Easter Oratorio
FK 8	Chorales, sacred songs
FK 81	Schemelli's Hymnal
FK 9	Secular songs, arias, quodlibet
FK 91	Wedding Quodlibet

FP	Parodies, arrangements
FP 1	Parodies
FP 12	Parody technique
FP 2	Arrangements
FP 21	Arrangements of own works
FP 22	Arrangements of works by other composers
FP 3	Influence, role models

FS	Music theory, study of musical forms
FS 1	Overviews
FS 2	Composition technique
FS 21	Theory of composition, structure
FS 211	Counterpoint
FS 212	Motifs, themes
FS 213	Rhythm
FS 214	Figured bass, thorough bass, basso continuo theory
FS 215	Theory of harmony
FS 216	Theory of melody
FS 217	Study of figures, rhetoric
FS 22	Musical forms
FS 221	Vocal forms
FS 2211	Cantability
FS 222	Types of vocal forms
FS 2221	Recitative
FS 2222	Aria
FS 2223	Chorale technique
FS 223	Instrumental forms
FS 224	Individual instrumental forms
FS 2241	Canon
FS 2242	Fugue
FS 2243	Ricercare
FS 3	Elements of musical forms
FS 31	Metrics
FS 32	Tempo
FS 321	Metre
FS 33	Symmetry
FS 4	Emotions, affects
FS 41	Symbols of motifs
FS 42	Symbols of forms
FS 43	Number symbolism

G - Performance practice (of Bach's works), rendition, interpretation

G	Performance practice (of Bach's works), rendition, interpretation

GB	Performance practice
GB 1	Overviews
GB 2	Individual performances
GB 21	in the 18th century
GB 212	First performances
GB 22	in the 19th century
GB 23	in the 20th century
GB 24	in the 21st century
GB 3	Instrumentation, scoring, orchestration, arrangements
GB 31	Intonation, temperament, tuning note
GB 32	Acoustics
GB 4	Tempo
GB 5	Figured bass, thorough bass, basso continuo
GB 6	Phrasing, dynamics, articulation
GB 7	Ornamentation
GB 8	Rhythm, metrics, agogics
GB 9	Vocal works
GB 91	St Matthew Passion performances
GB 92	St John Passion performances
GB 10	Playing of instruments
GB 10.1	Fingering, playing technique
GB 10.11	Bach bow, convex bow
GB 10.2	Brass instruments
GB 10.21	Trumpet, Bach trumpet
GB 10.22	Horn
GB 10.3	Woodwind instruments
GB 10.4	Bowed string instruments
GB 10.5	Keyboard instruments
GB 10.51	Harpsichord
GB 10.52	Clavichord
GB 10.53	Piano
GB 10.54	Organ

GK	Sound-recording reviews
GK 1	CDs
GK 2	Records, long-playing records
GK 3	Cassettes (MCs)
GK 4	DVDs

GS	Interpretation
GS 1	Radio performances
GS 12	Television performances
GS 2	Scenic performances
GS 21	Dancing performances
GS 211	Ballet
GS 3	Jazz, Rock

H - Reception

H	Reception

HD	Effects on posterity, Bach tradition
HD 1	Documents
HD 2	Effect on music generally, Bach's impact on the course of history
HD 21	Music at home
HD 22	School music, music education
HD 23	Church music
HD 231	Organ playing
HD 3	Effect on individual composers
HD 31	B-A-C-H motif
HD 4	Confessions to Bach, speeches, appreciations
HD 5	Effect on the 18th century
HD 6	Effect on the 19th century
HD 7	Effect on the 20th century, Bach and the presence
HD 8	Bach renaissance
HD 9	Bach in medicine

HI	Associations, institutions, archives
HI 1	Associations, Bach associations
HI 2	Institutions
HI 21	Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen
HI 22	Internationale Bach-Akademie Stuttgart
HI 221	Sommerakademie (Sommer academy)
HI 23	Individual institutions
HI 3	Archives
HI 31	Bach-Archiv Leipzig (Bach Archive)
HI 311	Bachfest Leipzig (Bach Festival)
HI 312	Bach-Museum Leipzig
HI 313	Internationaler Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Wettbewerb (Bach Competition)
HI 4	Bach societies
HI 41	Neue Bachgesellschaft Leipzig (New Bach Society)
HI 411	Bachfestivals of the Neue Bachgesellschaft
HI 42	Internationale Bachgesellschaft Schaffhausen
HI 43	Berliner Bach Gesellschaft

HG	Memorials
HG 1	Memorials generally
HG 2	Individual memorials
HG 21	Mühlhausen
HG 22	Arnstadt
HG 23	Eisenach
HG 24	Köthen
HG 241	Festivals
HG 25	Leipzig
HG 251	Grave, reconstruction of the skull
HG 26	Ohrdruf, Wechmar
HG 27	Weimar
HG 3	Organs

HL	Bach cultivation
HL 1	Days, weeks and years of remembrance
HL 12	Birthday
HL 13	Anniversary of Bach's death
HL 131	Bach-Händel Year 1935
HL 132	Bach Year 1950
HL 133	Bach Year 1985
HL 134	Bach Year 2000
HL 14	Literature reports
HL 15	Performance reports
HL 151	Bach-Händel Festival 1909
HL 2	Bach festivals
HL 21	Greifswalder Bachwoche
HL 22	Wiesbadener Bachwochen
HL 23	Thüringer Bachwochen
HL 24	Bachwoche Ansbach
HL 3	Competitions, Bach prizes
HL 4	Other events, colloquia, symposia
HL 5	Individual places, regions
HL 6	Individual choirs, orchestras
HL 61	Thomanerchor Leipzig (St. Thomas Choir)
HL 611	Travels
HL 62	Gewandhaus Leipzig
HL 7	Foreign countries
HL 723	Australia
HL 712	Austria
HL 720	Belgium
HL 701	Brazil
HL 702	Bulgaria
HL 703	Chile
HL 724	China
HL 704	Czech Republic
HL 705	Denmark
HL 707	Estonia
HL 727	Finland
HL 708	France
HL 706	Great Britain
HL 719	Greece
HL 717	Hungary
HL 721	Ireland
HL 728	Israel
HL 709	Italy
HL 710	Japan
HL 729	Jordan
HL 711	Netherlands
HL 726	Norway
HL 713	Poland
HL 730	Romania
HL 714	Russia
HL 725	Slovakia
HL 722	Spain
HL 715	Sweden
HL 716	Switzerland
HL 718	USA
HL 8	Personalities of Bach cultivation
HL 81	in the 18th century
HL 82	in the 19th century
HL 83	in the 20th century
HL 84	in the 21st century
HL 9	Museums
HL 91	Exhibitions

M - Musicology

M	Musicology

MB	Study of musical instruments (history, making, playing)
MB 1	String instruments
MB 11	Bowed string instruments
MB 111	Violin
MB 112	Viola da gamba
MB 12	Plucked instruments
MB 14	Keyboard instruments
MB 141	Piano
MB 142	Harpsichord
MB 143	Organ
MB 144	Clavichord
MB 2	Wind instruments
MB 21	Flute instruments
MB 22	Clarinet instruments
MB 23	Oboe instruments
MB 3	Acoustics

MI	General music theory
MI 1	Musicological principles
MI 2	Harmony, counterpoint, melody
MI 3	Musical forms, genres
MI 31	Vocal music
MI 32	Instrumental music
MI 321	Orchestral music
MI 322	Chamber music
MI 33	Individual forms and genres
MI 331	Aria
MI 332	Duet
MI 333	Fugue
MI 334	Cantata
MI 335	Concerto
MI 336	Song
MI 337	Motet
MI 338	Oratorio
MI 339	Sonata
MI 4	Church music
MI 41	Catholic church music
MI 42	Protestant church music
MI 5	Musical education
MI 6	Theory of composition
MI 7	Music aesthetics
MI 8	Sociology of music
MI 9	Philology of music, history of music theory
MI 10	Performance practice, Interpretation research

MR	Music history
MR 1	Music history generally
MR 2	Individual time periods
MR 21	Middle Ages
MR 22	Renaissance, Baroque
MR 23	Classical, First Viennese School, Romanticism
MR 24	20th century, Modern times
MR 3	Individual countries, regions, towns
MR 4	Individual composers
MR 5	Description of several personalities

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Classification system of the Leipzig Bach Archive

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