BWV 856

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BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.

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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
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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