Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848

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keyboard prelude musical composition

Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its flowing broken-chord texture and its role in exploring well-tempered tuning.

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Label	Occurrences
Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 canonical	5

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	keyboard prelude ⓘ musical composition ⓘ
associatedWith	well-tempered tuning ⓘ
associatedWork	The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–869
belongsToCycle	The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ surface form: 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys (Book I)
BWVWorkNumber	848 ⓘ
catalogNumber	BWV 848 ⓘ
collectionOrder	third prelude in Book I ⓘ
composer	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerNationality	German ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
followedBy	Prelude in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 ⓘ
follows	Prelude in C minor, BWV 847 ⓘ
genre	Baroque keyboard music ⓘ
hasCounterpart	Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ
hasForm	through-composed ⓘ
hasKeyRelationship	parallel minor C-sharp minor ⓘ relative minor A-sharp minor (enharmonically B-flat minor) ⓘ
hasTitle	Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 self-link ⓘ
historicalContext	early 18th century ⓘ
instrumentation	keyboard ⓘ
intendedInstrument	harpsichord ⓘ
isIncludedIn	standard piano repertoire ⓘ
isRecordedIn	numerous complete recordings of The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
isStudyPieceFor	broken-chord patterns ⓘ evenness of touch ⓘ keyboard technique ⓘ
key	C-sharp major ⓘ
keySignature	four sharps ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
mode	Ionian (major) ⓘ
movementType	prelude ⓘ
notableFeature	arpeggiated chord patterns ⓘ continuous semiquaver motion ⓘ
opusOrCollection	The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
pairedWith	Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ
partOf	The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
performanceMedium	solo keyboard ⓘ
period	Baroque ⓘ
positionInSeries	3 ⓘ
texture	broken-chord ⓘ flowing ⓘ
tonality	major ⓘ
tuningSystemExplored	well temperament ⓘ
typicalDuration	approximately 2 minutes ⓘ
workBy	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ

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

The Well-Tempered Clavier → contains → Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ

Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 → hasTitle → Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 self-link ⓘ

Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 → pairedWith → Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ

Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 → associatedWorkBySameComposer → Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ

Prelude in C minor, BWV 847 → followedBy → Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ