BWV 850
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BWV 850 is a prelude and fugue in D major for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BWV 850 canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12529021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BWV 850 Context triple: [BWV 846–893, containsWork, BWV 850]
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BWV 847
BWV 847 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s C minor prelude and fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, renowned for its driving rhythmic energy and contrapuntal clarity.
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BWV 848
BWV 848 is a prelude and fugue in C-sharp major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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BWV 849
BWV 849 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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BWV 1080
BWV 1080 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s monumental unfinished work "Die Kunst der Fuge" (The Art of Fugue), a late contrapuntal masterpiece exploring the possibilities of a single musical theme.
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E.
BWV 988
BWV 988 is the catalogue number for Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a monumental set of keyboard variations and one of the most celebrated works in the Baroque repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BWV 850 Target entity description: BWV 850 is a prelude and fugue in D major for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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A.
BWV 847
BWV 847 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s C minor prelude and fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, renowned for its driving rhythmic energy and contrapuntal clarity.
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B.
BWV 848
BWV 848 is a prelude and fugue in C-sharp major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
BWV 849
BWV 849 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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D.
BWV 1080
BWV 1080 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s monumental unfinished work "Die Kunst der Fuge" (The Art of Fugue), a late contrapuntal masterpiece exploring the possibilities of a single musical theme.
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E.
BWV 988
BWV 988 is the catalogue number for Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a monumental set of keyboard variations and one of the most celebrated works in the Baroque repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
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Instruction
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Subject: BWV 850 Description of subject: BWV 850 is a prelude and fugue in D major for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
Referenced by (8)
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