The Bach Book for Piano Players contains predominantly pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, along with two or three by his sons. The collection was first published in 1925. Even then, the aim of the edition was to reproduce the original musical text, free from the frequently common uncommented interventions and additions by editors. It thus reproduced the Urtext (original text) to the extent that the sources available at the time allowed.

This new edition follows the unchanged order of the pieces, but takes into account the findings of more recent Bach research, as documented, for example, in Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of works from 1990 or in the volumes of the New Bach Edition.

The second edition of the publication also contained a detailed treatise on the ornamentation techniques of Bach's time, which went far beyond the actual content of the edition. This has been omitted in the new edition; in its place, there will simply be an overview of the ornamental symbols used and their possible execution.

Content:
1. Menuett G-Dur, BWV Anh 114 
2. Menuett g-Moll, BWV Anh 115 
3. Marsch D-Dur, BWV Anh 122 
4. Musette D-Dur, BWV Anh 126
5. Menuett G-Dur, BWV Anh 116
6. Marsch G-Dur, BWV Anh 124 
7. Menuett G-Dur, BWV 841
8. Menuett g-Moll, BWV 842 
9. Polonaise g-Moll, BWV Anh 119 
10. Menuett d-Moll, BWV Anh 132 
11. Bourée A-Dur, aus BWV 832
12. Menuett a-Moll, BWV Anh 120 
13. Menuett c-Moll, BWV Anh 121
14. Polonaise F-Dur, BWV Anh 117
15. Menuett B-Dur, BWV Anh 118 
16. Menuett F-Dur, BWV Anh 113
17. Marsch Es-Dur, BWV Anh 127 
18. Präludium C-Dur, BWV 924 
19. Präludium C-Dur, BWV 939
20. Präludium F-Dur, BWV 927 
21. Präludium c-Moll, BWV 999
22. Präludium d-Moll, BWV 926
23. Präludium g-Moll, BWV 929
24. Präludium g-Moll, BWV 930
25. Präludium a-Moll, BWV 942
26. Präludium e-Moll, BWV 941 
27. Präludium F-Dur, BWV 928
28. Präludium d-Moll, BWV 940 
29. Präludium D-Dur, BWV 925