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The Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 887, is the eighteenth prelude and fugue in the second volume of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach. It ...
Most are three- and four-voiced fugues, but two are five-voiced (the fugues in C ♯ minor and B ♭ minor from Book 1) and one is two-voiced (the fugue in E minor from Book 1). The fugues employ a full range of contrapuntal devices (fugal exposition, thematic inversion, stretto , etc.), but are generally more compact than Bach's fugues for organ .
BWV 885 – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor; BWV 886 – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major; BWV 887 – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor; BWV 888 – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major
G-sharp minor is a minor scale based on G ... the first mazurka from his Op. 33 and his 12th prelude from the 24 Preludes, ... "Prelude and Fugue No. 18", ...
The pieces proceed in relative major/minor pairs around the circle of fifths: first C major and A minor (prelude and fugue nos. 1 and 2), then to one sharp (G major, E minor), two sharps (D major, B minor), and so on, ending with D minor (1 flat).
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 887; S. Sonata-Fantaisie in G-sharp minor (Scriabin) T. Two Rondinos This page was last edited on 14 September 2019, at ...
F# minor: 3 sharps 15 G major: 1 sharp 16 G minor: 2 flats 17 A♭ major: 4 flats 18 Either G# minor: 5 sharps Alkan wrote a piece in A♭ minor, and Brahms a fugue in this key, but most composers have preferred G# minor. or A♭ minor: 7 flats 19 A major: 3 sharps 20 A minor: No sharps or flats 21 B♭ major: 2 flats 22 Either B♭ minor: 5 flats
Ariadne musica is a collection of organ music by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, first published in 1702.The main part of the collection is a cycle of 20 preludes and fugues in different keys, so Ariadne musica is considered an important precursor to Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, which has a similar structure.