Arreglo de la Sonata No. 1 en Sol menor para violín solo, BWV 1001
Place and date: ?Leipzig, c1725; arrangement of the fugue from the Violin Sonata BWV 1001.
Chief source: LEm 111. 11.4 (Weyrauch; tablature). Edition: NBA V/10.
Bach made two transcriptions of the fugue from the first violin sonata, the present one for lute as well as an organ version in D minor (BWV 539/2). Each transcription expands the piece by a total of two bars, although the additions and alterations do not occur in the same places. The organ version is in five voices, with an independent pedal part, but the simplicity of the added voices suggests that this version is relatively early‑earlier. Presumably, then, the present arrangement is later than the one for organ. The harmony is fuller than in the fugue of BWV 995. Two late copies of the organ version include a manualiter prelude, BWV 539/1, but it is in the wrong key for use with the present arrangement of the fugue.