BWV 856

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BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.

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BWV 856 canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard composition ⓘ
prelude and fugue ⓘ
work by Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
bookNumber I ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 856 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
firstPublication 1801 ⓘ
followedBy BWV 857 ⓘ
fugueVoices 4 ⓘ
genre Baroque keyboard music ⓘ
hasCatalogue Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ⓘ
hasForm fugue ⓘ
prelude ⓘ
hasNotableEdition Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe ⓘ
Neue Bach-Ausgabe ⓘ
hasOpusNumber none (catalogued only as BWV 856) ⓘ
hasPart Fugue in D minor, BWV 856 ⓘ
Prelude in D minor, BWV 856 ⓘ
intendedInstrument harpsichord ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
isStudiedIn fugue analysis ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
piano pedagogy ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
keyOfFugue D minor ⓘ
keyOfPrelude D minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin alphabet ⓘ
movementCount 2 ⓘ
originalCollectionCompiler Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
partOfSeries 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, Book I ⓘ
period Baroque period ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
positionInCycle 6 ⓘ
precededBy BWV 855 ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 4–6 minutes ⓘ
workNumberInBookI 6 ⓘ
writtenForTuningSystem well-tempered tuning ⓘ

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