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  2. Fugue - Wikipedia

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    The six-part fugue in the "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, in the hand of Johann Sebastian BachIn classical music, a fugue (/ f juː ɡ /, from Latin fuga, meaning "flight" or "escape" [1]) is a contrapuntal, polyphonic compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches ...

  3. The Well-Tempered Clavier - Wikipedia

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    Bach's autograph of the 4th Fugue of Book 1 Bach's autograph of Fugue No. 17 in A ♭ major from the second part of Das Wohltemperirte Clavier. Each set contains 24 pairs of prelude and fugue. The first pair is in C major, the second in C minor, the third in C ♯ major, the fourth in C ♯ minor, and so on.

  4. Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Wikipedia

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    The fugue's four-and-a-half measure subject in G minor is one of Bach's most recognizable tunes. The fugue is in four voices. During the episodes, Bach uses one of Arcangelo Corelli's most famous techniques: imitation between two voices on an eighth note upbeat figure that first leaps up a fourth and then falls back down one step at a time. [2]

  5. Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 887 - Wikipedia

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    Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality.

  6. Toccata - Wikipedia

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    The first page of J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Toccata (from Italian toccare, literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally ...

  7. Prelude and fugue - Wikipedia

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    A prelude and fugue is a musical form generally consisting of two movements in the same key for solo keyboard. In classical music , the combination of prelude and fugue is one with a long history. Many composers have written works of this kind.

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    Multiple major wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction and death in the Los Angeles area.. A handful of wildfires that kicked up Tuesday, powered by high winds and dry conditions, have ...

  9. Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 872 - Wikipedia

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    Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 872, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the third prelude and fugue in the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier , a series of 48 preludes and fugues in every major and minor key.