BWV 860

E1034139

BWV 860 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier preludes and fugues, a keyboard work showcasing his contrapuntal mastery and exploration of all major and minor keys.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque music composition
keyboard composition
prelude and fugue
associatedWith contrapuntal mastery of Johann Sebastian Bach
belongsToRepertoire standard keyboard repertoire
catalogNumber BWV 860
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier NERFINISHED
explores tonal system of major and minor keys
firstPublicationCollection The Well-Tempered Clavier (19th-century editions) NERFINISHED
genre fugue
prelude
hasCatalogue Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis NERFINISHED
hasCounterSubject fugue countersubject in E minor
hasForm binary form (prelude)
fugue
hasInfluenceOn later keyboard literature
hasOpusNumber none (identified by BWV only)
hasOrderingWithinCollection follows BWV 859 and precedes BWV 861
hasPart Fugue in E minor, BWV 860/2 NERFINISHED
Prelude in E minor, BWV 860/1 NERFINISHED
hasSubject fugue subject in E minor
historicalEra early 18th century
intendedInstrument harpsichord
keyboard
isRecordedOn numerous classical piano and harpsichord recordings
isStudiedIn counterpoint courses
keyboard pedagogy
music theory
key E minor
language none (instrumental music)
mode minor
movementNumberInWTCI 10
notation staff notation
numberOfVoices 3 (fugue)
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED
period Baroque NERFINISHED
placeOfComposition Köthen NERFINISHED
publicationStatus published posthumously
tonalCenter E
tuningConcept well temperament
usesTechnique counterpoint
imitation
invertible counterpoint
usesTexture polyphonic

Referenced by (2)

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