What is Bach’s Longest Piece? (And his Shortest?)

It started with an Instagram Post, but like all questions about Bach, to answer the question of Bach's 'longest' piece required posing further questions:  

Longest how? Minutes? In terms of Measures? In terms of the longest single piece on a concert? ...wait, what is a 'piece' anyhow? Does one of the passions count as a single piece? What about just the amount of notes? 

You may be surprised to hear the answers... or maybe you've know the answer in your heart of hearts all along.

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