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The Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the twelfth prelude and fugue in the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier , a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer.
The fugue theme, like that of the prelude, is composed of arpeggiated chords and downward sequences, especially in its later half. Due to the sequential nature of the subject, the majority of the fugue is composed of sequences or cadences. The Fugue ends in one of Bach's most toccata-like, virtuosic cadenzas in the harmonic minor.
BWV 534 – Prelude and Fugue in F minor (doubtful) [3] [4] BWV 535 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor; BWV 535a – Prelude and Fugue in G minor (alternative version of BWV 535) BWV 536 – Prelude and Fugue in A major; BWV 536a – Prelude and Fugue in A major (alternative version of BWV 536, possibly based on the original manuscript) [5]
The Prelude and Fughetta were published in Series V, Volume 6.1 of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, based on various sources for the Prelude, and on the Konwitschny source (of which a film copy had been preserved) for the Fughetta. [3] BWV 855a is an early version of BWV 855, No. 10 in the 1722 first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier. [4]
Unlike most of his other organ preludes and fugues, the Prelude and Fugue in C major was written when Bach was in Arnstadt. [2] Once he arrived there in 1703, he immediately fell in love with the Neue Kirche (now renamed in commemoration to Bach the Bachkirche.)
The beginning of the BWV 548 Prelude, in the hand of J.S. Bach. Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime between 1727 and 1736, [1] during his time in Leipzig. The work is sometimes called "The Wedge" due to the chromatic outward motion of the fugue theme. [1]
The prelude is a lively 2-part texture, using a series of broken chords which swap between the hands. It is in a fast 3/8 time signature and is made up largely of semiquavers. Later on in the piece, the semiquaver line splits between the hands before ending with a short Coda in an improvisatory manner. A prelude is a short, introductory piece.
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.