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Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, (popularly known as the Little Fugue), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach's best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including an orchestral version by Leopold Stokowski.
The Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, is an organ prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. It acquired that name to distinguish it from the earlier Little Fugue in G minor, which is shorter. This piece is not to be confused with the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, which is also for organ and also sometimes called "the Great". [1] [2]
BWV 575 – Fugue in C minor; BWV 576 – Fugue in G major; BWV 577 – Fugue in G major "à la Gigue" (spurious) BWV 578 – Fugue in G minor "Little" BWV 579 – Fugue on a theme by Arcangelo Corelli (from Op. 3, No. 4); in B Minor; BWV 580 – Fugue in D major (spurious) BWV 581 – Fugue in G major (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August ...
BWV 577 – Fugue in G major à la Gigue (doubtful) [11] BWV 578 – Fugue in G minor ("Little") BWV 579 – Fugue in B minor (on a theme by Corelli, from Op. 3, No. 4) BWV 580 – Fugue in D major (doubtful) [12] BWV 581 – Fugue in G major (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius) BWV 582 – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Bach's G minor fugue is "insistent and pathetic". [ citation needed ] The subject also appears in his funeral cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God's time is the very best time). [ 1 ] The subject of the fugue employs a minor 6th leap in the first measure, then resolves it with a more conventional stepwise motion.
BWV 859 – Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor; BWV 860 – Prelude and Fugue in G major; BWV 861 – Prelude and Fugue in G minor; BWV 862 – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major; BWV 863 – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor; BWV 864 – Prelude and Fugue in A major; BWV 865 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor; BWV 866 – Prelude and Fugue in B ...
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544; Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 531; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871; Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532; Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 874; Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in ...
The Fugue in G minor is a musical composition, possibly for the lute, written by Johann Sebastian Bach shortly after he moved from Köthen to Leipzig in 1723. Today the piece is typically played on the guitar .