Canon a 2

E1000168

canon musical composition two-voice canon

Canon a 2 is a two-voice contrapuntal canon by Johann Sebastian Bach, included among the canons of his "Musical Offering" (BWV 1079).

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canon a 4	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canon ⓘ musical composition ⓘ two-voice canon ⓘ
basedOnThemeBy	Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogNumber	BWV 1079 NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerBirthName	Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ
composerBirthPlace	Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ
composerBirthYear	1685 ⓘ
composerDeathYear	1750 ⓘ
composerNationality	German ⓘ
composerOccupation	Kapellmeister ⓘ composer ⓘ organist ⓘ
compositionApproximateYear	1747 ⓘ
compositionCentury	18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	contrapuntal music ⓘ
hasBWVNumber	BWV 1079 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSurvivingScore	true ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage	Italian ⓘ
historicalContext	visit of Bach to Frederick II in Potsdam ⓘ
intendedFor	keyboard or melodic instruments ⓘ
isPartOfBWVGroup	BWV 1079 canons NERFINISHED ⓘ
key	unknown ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
musicalForm	canon ⓘ
notatedAs	canon ⓘ
numberOfVoices	2 ⓘ
originalTitle	Canon a 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	The Musical Offering NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfCollection	canons of The Musical Offering NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfFirstPresentation	Potsdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	Musical Offering print ⓘ
publisher	unknown ⓘ
relatedWork	Ricercar a 3 ⓘ Ricercar a 6 ⓘ Trio sonata from The Musical Offering NERFINISHED ⓘ
scoring	unspecified instruments ⓘ
stylePeriod	Baroque ⓘ
tonalSystem	tonal ⓘ
usesCounterpoint	true ⓘ
usesRoyalTheme	true ⓘ
workNumberInCollection	unknown ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BWV 1079 → containsWork → Canon a 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canon a 4