Ricercar a 6
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Ricercar a 6 is a complex six-voice contrapuntal keyboard piece by J.S. Bach, renowned as one of the central fugues within his collection *The Musical Offering*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ricercar a 6 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ricercar a 6 Context triple: [Musical Offering, hasPart, Ricercar a 6]
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The Search
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Cari
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Resegone
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Resuk
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Carns
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- 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: Ricercar a 6 Target entity description: Ricercar a 6 is a complex six-voice contrapuntal keyboard piece by J.S. Bach, renowned as one of the central fugues within his collection *The Musical Offering*.
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A.
The Search
"The Search" is a 1948 post–World War II drama film about a young Czech boy and an American soldier, widely recognized as one of Montgomery Clift’s early acclaimed screen performances.
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B.
Cari
Cari is an extinct indigenous language that was once spoken by the Cari people of the Great Andamanese group in India’s Andaman Islands.
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C.
Resegone
Resegone is a distinctive serrated mountain massif in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy, overlooking the city of Lecco and famed for its saw-like ridgeline.
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D.
Resuk
Resuk is an indigenous local language spoken by the community on Atauro Island in Timor-Leste.
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E.
Carns
Carns is a surname that functions as a variant spelling of the family name Carnes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fugue
ⓘ
keyboard composition ⓘ musical composition ⓘ ricercar ⓘ |
| alternativeInstrumentation | organ ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1747 ⓘ |
| basedOn | royal theme of Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | BWV 1079 ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| counterpointType | strict counterpoint ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque music ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
central work in the study of Baroque counterpoint
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considered one of Bach's most complex fugues ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later contrapuntal composition and pedagogy ⓘ |
| instrumentation | keyboard ⓘ |
| intendedInstrument | harpsichord ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| movementType |
fugue
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ricercar ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous imitative texture
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dense six-voice polyphony ⓘ high contrapuntal complexity ⓘ use of augmentation and diminution ⓘ use of invertible counterpoint ⓘ use of stretto ⓘ |
| numberOfSubjects | multiple ⓘ |
| numberOfVoices | 6 ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
BWV 1079
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The Musical Offering ⓘ
linked to:
Musical Offering
|
| period | High Baroque ⓘ |
| positionInCollection | central fugue of The Musical Offering ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | published as part of The Musical Offering ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ricercar a 3
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canons from The Musical Offering ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception | frequently analyzed in music theory literature ⓘ |
| texture | contrapuntal ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Ricercar in six parts ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | C minor ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | approximately 8–10 minutes ⓘ |
| usesForm | through-composed fugue ⓘ |
| usesTheme | The Musical Offering royal theme ⓘ |
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Subject: Ricercar a 6 Description of subject: Ricercar a 6 is a complex six-voice contrapuntal keyboard piece by J.S. Bach, renowned as one of the central fugues within his collection *The Musical Offering*.
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