Fugue in G major, BWV 860

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Fugue in G major, BWV 860 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable as one of the contrapuntal pieces in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baroque composition ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
keyboard composition ⓘ
book Book I ⓘ
BWVWorkGroup BWV 846–869 ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 860 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
genre fugue ⓘ
hasAnswerType tonal answer ⓘ
hasApproximateCompositionYears c. 1722 ⓘ
hasCommonModernInstrument piano ⓘ
hasCounterpointStyle tonal fugue ⓘ
hasDifficultyLevel intermediate to advanced keyboard level ⓘ
hasForm fugue with exposition, episodes, and final entries ⓘ
hasISWCStatus not individually assigned (part of WTC I) ⓘ
hasKeySignature one sharp ⓘ
hasMainSubjectKey G major ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle German Baroque keyboard style ⓘ
hasOriginalMedium solo keyboard ⓘ
hasPrelude Prelude in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
hasSubjectEntryType stretto entries (in some sections) ⓘ
hasTimePeriodOfComposition early 18th century ⓘ
hasTypicalPerformanceDuration about 2 minutes ⓘ
hasWorkNumberInBachGesellschaft BGA WTC I No. 15 ⓘ
instrumentation keyboard ⓘ
intendedInstrument harpsichord ⓘ
isEducationalRepertoire true ⓘ
isFrequentlyRecorded true ⓘ
isPublishedIn The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846–869 ⓘ
isStudiedIn counterpoint classes ⓘ
music theory courses ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
keyPair G major / G minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementNumberInWTCBookI 15 ⓘ
numberOfVoices 3 ⓘ
opusNumber none ⓘ
orderingSchemeInCollection by ascending chromatic key pairs ⓘ
pairedWith Prelude in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
partOfCollection 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys (WTC I) ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
texture contrapuntal ⓘ
titleLanguageCode de ⓘ
tonality major ⓘ
usesImitativeCounterpoint true ⓘ

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The Well-Tempered Clavier → contains → Fugue in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
Prelude in G major, BWV 860 → pairedWith → Fugue in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
Prelude in G major, BWV 860 → hasCompanionWork → Fugue in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
Prelude in G major, BWV 860 → isFrequentlyPerformedWith → Fugue in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
BGA WTC I No. 15 → refersToWork → Fugue in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
BGA WTC I No. 15 → refersToWork → Fugue in G major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
linked to: Fugue in G major, BWV 860