Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996

Suite in E minor, BWV 996, is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) between 1708 and 1717.

[1] Because the lautenwerk is an uncommon instrument, it is in modern times often performed on the guitar or the lute.

[3] 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.

[3] Some argue that despite the annotation about the lute-harpsichord, the piece was meant to be played on the lute, as demonstrated by the texture.