BWV 848

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BWV 848 is a prelude and fugue in C-sharp major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard work
musical composition
prelude and fugue
associatedKeySignature four sharps
catalogNumber BWV 848 NERFINISHED
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
composerNationality German
compositionCentury 18th century
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier NERFINISHED
cycleNumber 1
dedicatedCollection The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED
followedByInCollection BWV 849 NERFINISHED
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 NERFINISHED
followsInCollection BWV 847 NERFINISHED
hasForm binary form (prelude, broadly)
fugue (three-voice)
hasGenre Baroque music
contrapuntal music
keyboard music
hasMode Ionian (major)
hasOpusNumber none (identified by BWV only)
hasPart Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 NERFINISHED
Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 NERFINISHED
intendedInstrument harpsichord
keyboard
key C-sharp major
language none (instrumental)
movementNumberInSet 3
numberOfVoicesInFugue 3 GENERATED
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED
partOfSeries 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED
placeInCycle C-sharp major prelude and fugue of Book I NERFINISHED
precededByInCollection Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 NERFINISHED
primaryCatalogue Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis GENERATED
tonality major
tuningConcept well temperament
usesTexture contrapuntal texture
polyphony
workType fugue
prelude

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