Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major in the "Anna Magdalena" manuscript Below, for your reading and study, is a facsimile copy of the Bach's Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012, believed to have been made by Bach's second wife Anna Magdalena. Hers is one of four manuscript copies of the Suites. It has been published in several modern editions. Bach's tuning directions at the top of the first manuscript page indicate that this suite was composed for a 5-string instrument, either the viola pomposa or the violoncello piccolo. .

The Bach Cello Suites in the Anna Magdalena Manuscript Copies: Suite No. 1 in G Major Suite No. 2 in D Minor Suite No. 3 in C Major Suite No. 4 in E Flat Major Suite No. 5 in C Minor Suite No. 6 in D Major Compare Suite for Lute in G Minor (Lute Version of Suite No. 5 in Bach's autograph)

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