Canon a 2

E1000168

Canon a 2 is a two-voice contrapuntal canon by Johann Sebastian Bach, included among the canons of his "Musical Offering" (BWV 1079).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Canon a 2 canonical 2
Canon a 4 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canon ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
two-voice canon ⓘ
basedOnThemeBy Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 1079 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerBirthName Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerBirthPlace Eisenach ⓘ
composerBirthYear 1685 ⓘ
composerDeathYear 1750 ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
composerOccupation Kapellmeister ⓘ
composer ⓘ
organist ⓘ
compositionApproximateYear 1747 ⓘ
compositionCentury 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
genre contrapuntal music ⓘ
hasBWVNumber BWV 1079 ⓘ
hasSurvivingScore true ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage Italian ⓘ
historicalContext visit of Bach to Frederick II in Potsdam ⓘ
intendedFor keyboard or melodic instruments ⓘ
isPartOfBWVGroup BWV 1079 canons ⓘ
linked to: BWV 1079
key unknown ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
musicalForm canon ⓘ
notatedAs canon ⓘ
numberOfVoices 2 ⓘ
originalTitle Canon a 2 ⓘ
partOf The Musical Offering ⓘ
linked to: Musical Offering
partOfCollection canons of The Musical Offering ⓘ
linked to: Musical Offering
placeOfFirstPresentation Potsdam ⓘ
preservedIn Musical Offering print ⓘ
publisher unknown ⓘ
relatedWork Ricercar a 3 ⓘ
Ricercar a 6 ⓘ
Trio sonata from The Musical Offering ⓘ
linked to: Musical Offering
scoring unspecified instruments ⓘ
stylePeriod Baroque ⓘ
tonalSystem tonal ⓘ
usesCounterpoint true ⓘ
usesRoyalTheme true ⓘ
workNumberInCollection unknown ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BWV 1079 → containsWork → Canon a 2 ⓘ
BWV 1079 → containsWork → Canon a 4 ⓘ
linked to: Canon a 2
Canon a 2 → originalTitle → Canon a 2 ⓘ