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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]
Traditionally known as chorale preludes, the compositions in the BWV 599–771 range of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, and later additions BWV 1085, 1090–1120 (Neumeister Chorales) and 1128, are also indicated as chorale settings for organ, [15] and include multi-movement chorale partitas [16] and sets of variations.
This transcription of Vivaldi's Concerto in D minor for two violins and obbligato violoncello, Op.3, No.11 (RV 565), had the heading on the autograph manuscript altered by Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach who added "di W. F. Bach manu mei Patris descript" sixty or more years later. The result was that up until 1911 the transcription was ...
The versions of the 4-part fugue for BWV 543a and BWV 543 are identical; it lasts 151 bars. The theme can be traced back to Bach's organ concerto in A minor BWV 593, transcribed for organ from Antonio Vivaldi's concerto for two violins, Op.3, No.8, RV 522, part of his collection L'estro armonico. The fugue can be broken up into sections as follows:
The concerto transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach date from his second period at the court in Weimar (1708–1717). Bach transcribed for organ and harpsichord a number of Italian and Italianate concertos, mainly by Antonio Vivaldi, but with others by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg Philipp Telemann and the musically talented Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
organ Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 8: Concerto in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522 594: C major: organ: Vivaldi, RV 208: Violin Concerto in D major "Grosso Mogul" (variant RV 208a published as Op. 7 No. 11) 595: C major: organ: Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: Violin Concerto in C major , first movement, and/or BWV 984/1 596: D minor: organ
BWV 1001 – Sonata No. 1 in G minor; BWV 1002 – Partita No. 1 in B minor; BWV 1003 – Sonata No. 2 in A minor; BWV 1004 – Partita No. 2 in D minor; BWV 1005 – Sonata No. 3 in C major; BWV 1006 – Partita No. 3 in E major. BWV 1006a – Suite in E major for solo lute (transcription of Partita No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1006)
Symphony for organ No.1 (1990) Symphony for organ No.2 Let there be light (1993) Human's Millenium (2000) Cantilena for organ (2003) Viva voce (2008) To Become (2009; Like a Flame (2009–2010), 22 improvisations subsequently written down. Mathias, William. Prelude, Elegy and Toccata (1954) Partita Op.19 (1962) Variations on a Hymn Tune Op.20 ...