BWV 855
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BWV 855 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude in E minor from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, renowned for its expressive, flowing keyboard writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BWV 855 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13154482 — 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 855 Context triple: [Prelude in E minor, BWV 855, catalogNumber, BWV 855]
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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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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 856
BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
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D.
BWV 857
BWV 857 is a prelude and fugue in F minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of his first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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E.
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.
- 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 855 Target entity description: BWV 855 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude in E minor from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, renowned for its expressive, flowing keyboard writing.
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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 856
BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
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D.
BWV 857
BWV 857 is a prelude and fugue in F minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of his first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.