BWV 856
E1027775
BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BWV 856 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12529027 — 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: BWV 856 Context triple: [BWV 846–893, containsWork, BWV 856]
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BWV 852
BWV 852 is a prelude and fugue in E major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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BWV 851
BWV 851 is a prelude and fugue in E minor for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
BWV 850
BWV 850 is a prelude and fugue in D major for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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D.
BWV 853
BWV 853 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, a landmark collection exploring all major and minor keys.
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E.
BWV 854
BWV 854 is a prelude and fugue in E major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of 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: BWV 856 Target entity description: BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
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A.
BWV 852
BWV 852 is a prelude and fugue in E major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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B.
BWV 851
BWV 851 is a prelude and fugue in E minor for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
BWV 850
BWV 850 is a prelude and fugue in D major for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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D.
BWV 853
BWV 853 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, a landmark collection exploring all major and minor keys.
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E.
BWV 854
BWV 854 is a prelude and fugue in E major by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
keyboard composition
ⓘ
prelude and fugue ⓘ work by Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| bookNumber | I ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | BWV 856 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cycle | The Well-Tempered Clavier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1801 ⓘ |
| followedBy | BWV 857 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fugueVoices | 4 ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque keyboard music ⓘ |
| hasCatalogue | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm |
fugue
ⓘ
prelude ⓘ |
| hasNotableEdition |
Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neue Bach-Ausgabe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOpusNumber | none (catalogued only as BWV 856) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fugue in D minor, BWV 856
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prelude in D minor, BWV 856 ⓘ |
| intendedInstrument |
harpsichord
ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
fugue analysis
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music theory ⓘ piano pedagogy ⓘ |
| key | D minor ⓘ |
| keyOfFugue | D minor ⓘ |
| keyOfPrelude | D minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| movementCount | 2 ⓘ |
| originalCollectionCompiler | Johann Sebastian Bach GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, Book I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Baroque period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCycle | 6 ⓘ |
| precededBy | BWV 855 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 4–6 minutes ⓘ |
| workNumberInBookI | 6 ⓘ |
| writtenForTuningSystem | well-tempered tuning ⓘ |
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