English Suites (Bach)
The English Suites, BWV 806–811, are a set of six suites written by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord and generally thought to be the earliest of Bach's 19 suites for keyboard, the others being the six French Suites, BWV 812–817, the 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 and the Overture in the French style, BWV 831.
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