<P> An autograph manuscript of Bach's lute version of this suite exists as BWV 995 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cello Suite No. 5 (BWV 1011)--Prelude Performed on a viola by Elias Goldstein </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cello Suite No. 5 (BWV 1011)--Prelude Performed on a viola by Elias Goldstein </Td> </Tr> <P> It is widely believed that Suite No. 6 was composed specifically for a five - stringed violoncello piccolo, a smaller cello, roughly the size of a ⁄ normal cello that has a fifth upper string tuned to E, a perfect fifth above the otherwise top string . However, some say there is no substantial evidence to support this claim: whilst three of the sources inform the player that it is written for an instrument à cinq cordes, only Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript indicates the tunings of the strings, and the other sources do not mention any intended instrument at all . </P>

Suite no. 1 s. 1007 in g major prelude