Bach wrote his lute pieces in a traditional score rather than in lute tablature, and some believe that Bach played his lute pieces on the keyboard. No original script of the Suite in E minor for Lute by Bach is known to exist. However, in the collection of one of Bach's pupils, Johann Ludwig Krebs, there is one piece ("Praeludio – con la Suite da Gio: Bast. Bach") that has written "aufs Lauten Werck" ("for the lute-harpsichord") in unidentified handwriting.
| Date of composition | 1717 (1708-1725, unsure) |
| First published | 1866 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Suite |
| Tonality | E Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 996 |
| Approx. duration | 17 minutes |
| Instruments | Lute |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Suite pour luth en mi mineur, BWV 996 Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite per liuto in mi minore, BWV 996 Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite für Laute e-moll, BWV 996 |