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Bach's autograph (1722) of the first prelude of Book I. The Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the first prelude and fugue in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer. An early version of the prelude, BWV 846A, is found ...
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The best-known piece from either book is the first prelude of Book 1. Anna Magdalena Bach copied a short version of this prelude in her 1725 Notebook (No. 29). [54] The accessibility of this prelude, the "easy" key of C major, and its use of arpeggiated chords, have made it one of the most commonly studied pieces for piano students. [55]
The piece consists of a melody by the French Romantic composer Charles Gounod that he superimposed over an only very slightly changed version of Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from Book I of his The Well-Tempered Clavier, 1722. The 1853 publication has French text, but it is the 1859 version with the Latin "Ave Maria" which became ...
Unlike the Prelude in C major, BWV 846, that opens book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier, which consists mostly of broken chords, this prelude features a continuously flowing sequence of melodic ideas that Cecil Gray (1938, p. 82) says is "very much freer and subtler in form and procedure." [1] Ledbetter (2002, p.
BWV 545 – Prelude and Fugue in C major; BWV 545a – Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 545) BWV 545b – Prelude, Trio and Fugue in B-flat major (alternative version of BWV 545; the Trio is an arrangement of the finale of BWV 1029; some parts possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs) BWV 546 – Prelude and Fugue in C minor
BWV 870a – Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 870) BWV 870b – Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 870) BWV 871 – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor; BWV 872 – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major; BWV 872a – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp ...
BWV 772 – Invention No. 1 in C major; BWV 772a – Invention No. 1 in C major (alternative version of BWV 772) BWV 773 – Invention No. 2 in C minor; BWV 774 – Invention No. 3 in D major; BWV 775 – Invention No. 4 in D minor; BWV 776 – Invention No. 5 in E-flat major; BWV 777 – Invention No. 6 in E major; BWV 778 – Invention No. 7 ...