BWV 865

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BWV 865 is a prelude and fugue in A minor for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition
keyboard composition
prelude and fugue
catalogNumber BWV 865 NERFINISHED
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
composerLifePeriod middle period of Johann Sebastian Bach
composerNationality German
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier NERFINISHED
cycleBook Book I
firstPublication 1801
firstPublicationMedium print
followedBy BWV 866
followedByInWTCBookI Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 NERFINISHED
hasCatalog Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis NERFINISHED
hasGenre contrapuntal music
fugue
keyboard music
prelude
hasInfluenced keyboard repertoire
hasPart Fugue in A minor, BWV 865/2 NERFINISHED
Prelude in A minor, BWV 865/1 NERFINISHED
hasStructure two-movement work
intendedInstrument harpsichord
keyboard
isStudiedIn counterpoint studies
keyboard pedagogy
music theory
key A minor
language instrumental
movementNumberInWTCBookI 20
notatedIn common practice notation
opusNumber none
orderingPrincipleInCollection chromatic by ascending semitone
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED
partOfCollection 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I NERFINISHED
period Baroque
placeAssociatedWithComposition Köthen NERFINISHED
Weimar NERFINISHED
precededBy BWV 864 NERFINISHED
precededByInWTCBookI Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 NERFINISHED
recordedBy numerous classical pianists
numerous harpsichordists
tonality minor
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 5 minutes to 7 minutes
usesTuningConcept well temperament

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