The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725): the keyboard pieces
The second notebook Johann Sebastian Bach gave his wife Anna Magdalena, in 1725, filled over the years by the family and their friends. Its twenty short keyboard pieces numbered BWV Anh. 113–132 hold the minuets most beginners learn first, two of them by Christian Petzold.
The library has 10 of the book's 20 numbers, level 3. Not in the library: BWV Anh. 116, 117, 120, 122–125, and 129–131.
- Pieces
- 10
- Level
- 3
- Key signatures
- 3 flats to 2 sharps
- Length
- 32 to 64 bars
In the book's order
Each with its number and level, and easier versions made from the score itself, so you can start below a piece's level and work up to it as written.
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Minuet in F, BWV Anh. 113
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 1 flat, 3/4, 64 bars
BWV Anh. 113 of 20; level 3 -
Minuet in G, BWV Anh. 114
Christian Petzold 1 sharp, 3/4, 64 bars
BWV Anh. 114 of 20; level 3 -
Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh. 115
Christian Petzold 2 flats, 3/4, 64 bars
BWV Anh. 115 of 20; level 3 -
Minuet in B flat, BWV Anh. 118
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 2 flats, 3/4, 48 bars
BWV Anh. 118 of 20; level 3 -
Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 2 flats, 3/4, 32 bars
BWV Anh. 119 of 20; level 3 -
Minuet in C minor, BWV Anh. 121
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 3 flats, 3/4, 48 bars
BWV Anh. 121 of 20; level 3 -
Musette in D, BWV Anh. 126
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 2 sharps, 2/4, 40 bars
BWV Anh. 126 of 20; level 3 -
March in E flat, BWV Anh. 127
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 3 flats, 2/2, 57 bars
BWV Anh. 127 of 20; level 3 -
Polonaise in D minor, BWV Anh. 128
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 1 flat, 3/4, 36 bars
BWV Anh. 128 of 20; level 3 -
Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132
Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) 1 flat, 3/4, 32 bars
BWV Anh. 132 of 20; level 3
An order to learn them in
All 10 are at level 3, so the book's own order is a good one to learn them in.
Other teaching books
Every book five or more library pieces are from.
- Köhler's Very Easiest Exercise Pieces, Op. 190 24
- Duvernoy's École primaire, Op. 176 16 of 25
- Mozart's first pieces, K. 1a–1f 6 of 6
- Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725) 10 of 20
- Burgmüller's 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 16 of 25
- Le Couppey's L'Alphabet, Op. 17 25 of 25
- Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37 29 of 50
- Czerny's 160 Eight-Measure Exercises, Op. 821 19 of 160
- Czerny's School of Velocity, Op. 299 6 of 40
- Clementi's Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 6 of 6
- Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68 21 of 43
- Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15 7 of 13
- Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28 8 of 24