BWV 865

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BWV 865 is a prelude and fugue in A minor for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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BWV 865 canonical 5

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instanceOf Baroque composition ⓘ
keyboard composition ⓘ
prelude and fugue ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 865 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerLifePeriod middle period of Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
cycleBook Book I ⓘ
firstPublication 1801 ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium print ⓘ
followedBy BWV 866 ⓘ
followedByInWTCBookI Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
hasCatalog Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ⓘ
hasGenre contrapuntal music ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
keyboard music ⓘ
prelude ⓘ
hasInfluenced keyboard repertoire ⓘ
hasPart Fugue in A minor, BWV 865/2 ⓘ
Prelude in A minor, BWV 865/1 ⓘ
hasStructure two-movement work ⓘ
intendedInstrument harpsichord ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
isStudiedIn counterpoint studies ⓘ
keyboard pedagogy ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
key A minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementNumberInWTCBookI 20 ⓘ
notatedIn common practice notation ⓘ
opusNumber none ⓘ
orderingPrincipleInCollection chromatic by ascending semitone ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
partOfCollection 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
placeAssociatedWithComposition Köthen ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
precededBy BWV 864 ⓘ
precededByInWTCBookI Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 ⓘ
recordedBy numerous classical pianists ⓘ
numerous harpsichordists ⓘ
tonality minor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 5 minutes to 7 minutes ⓘ
usesTuningConcept well temperament ⓘ

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