BWV 862

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BWV 862 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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BWV 862 canonical 6

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instanceOf Baroque composition ⓘ
keyboard composition ⓘ
prelude and fugue ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 862 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerBirthCountry Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach ⓘ
composerBirthPlace Eisenach ⓘ
compositionDateApproximate circa 1722 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
cyclePosition 18th prelude and fugue of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
dedicatedTo unknown ⓘ
firstPublication 1801 (posthumous, in early editions of The Well-Tempered Clavier) ⓘ
genre fugue ⓘ
prelude ⓘ
hasCatalogue Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ⓘ
hasInfluenced keyboard performance practice ⓘ
piano pedagogy ⓘ
hasKeySignature five sharps ⓘ
hasMode G-sharp minor ⓘ
hasPart Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 862/2 ⓘ
Prelude in G-sharp minor, BWV 862/1 ⓘ
hasStructure two-movement cycle (prelude and fugue) ⓘ
hasStyle contrapuntal ⓘ
tonal ⓘ
includedInStandardRepertoire yes ⓘ
intendedInstrument clavichord ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
piano ⓘ
intendedUse keyboard pedagogy ⓘ
performance ⓘ
isPartOfCompleteSet 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, Book I ⓘ
key G-sharp minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementNumberInWTCBookI 18 ⓘ
notationSystem staff notation ⓘ
opusNumber none ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
placeOfComposition Köthen or Leipzig (uncertain) ⓘ
linked to: Köthen
recordedBy numerous classical pianists and harpsichordists ⓘ
tonality minor ⓘ
usesTuningConcept well temperament ⓘ
workSeries The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
WTCBook Book I ⓘ

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