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Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the second prelude and fugue in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier , a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer.
Twelve Little Preludes (French: Douze petits Préludes; German: Zwölf kleine Praeludien), BWV 924–930, 939–942 and 999, is a 19th-century compilation of short pieces, collected from various 18th-century manuscripts written by Johann Sebastian Bach and others.
Prelude in C minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach, from the Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871, from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier; Prelude in C minor, BWV 934, by Johann Sebastian Bach, from the Six Little Preludes, BWV 933–938; Prelude in C minor, BWV 999, by Johann Sebastian Bach, for solo lute; Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20, by ...
According to the Bach Digital website, the time of origin of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in C minor, BWV 999, is unknown. [2] Based on Thomas Kohlhase [], the 1998 edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis indicates that the piece likely originated in Bach's Köthen period, that is, between 1717 and 1723. [3]
Little Prelude in C major, BWV 933 played on a harpsichord by Gérard Janot. The C major prelude consists of two brief sections, repeated as a pair, followed by a variation on each section, again repeated as a pair. [3] The first segment demands complete independence of the right and left hands, with the left hand providing a busy accompaniment.
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 .
The prelude, in the key of C minor, has 28 measures and is in the time signature of 4 4. The prelude is not heavily ornamented, but it does contain a few trills. The piece is mainly made up of sixteenth notes and eighth notes and a few quarter notes and half notes. [3] Beginning of the Prelude in C minor, BWV 871.
Incipit of prelude Incipit of fugue. Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 873, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1738. [1] It is the 4th prelude and fugue in Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier.