No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
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No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is Johann Sebastian Bach’s C minor fugue (BWV 847), renowned for its driving rhythmic energy and tightly woven contrapuntal writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12708275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Context triple: [Fugue in C minor, BWV 847, collectionOrder, No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I]
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A.
Prelude in C major, BWV 846
Prelude in C major, BWV 846 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most famous keyboard pieces, renowned for its flowing arpeggios and often used as an introductory work for piano students and performers.
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B.
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852 is a keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the preludes from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
Prelude in F major, BWV 856
Prelude in F major, BWV 856 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the short, didactic pieces from the first book of his Well-Tempered Clavier.
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D.
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier and its expressive, harmonically rich writing.
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E.
Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866
Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its inclusion in the first book of his influential collection The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- 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: No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Target entity description: No. 2 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is Johann Sebastian Bach’s C minor fugue (BWV 847), renowned for its driving rhythmic energy and tightly woven contrapuntal writing.
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A.
Prelude in C major, BWV 846
Prelude in C major, BWV 846 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most famous keyboard pieces, renowned for its flowing arpeggios and often used as an introductory work for piano students and performers.
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B.
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852 is a keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the preludes from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
Prelude in F major, BWV 856
Prelude in F major, BWV 856 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the short, didactic pieces from the first book of his Well-Tempered Clavier.
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D.
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier and its expressive, harmonically rich writing.
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E.
Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866
Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its inclusion in the first book of his influential collection The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- F. None of above. chosen
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