Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848

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Baroque composition fugue keyboard composition

Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 is a contrapuntal keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its intricate thematic development and inclusion in his influential collection The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 canonical	4
No. 3 fugue in Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier	1
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 (in the WTC ordering)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque composition ⓘ fugue ⓘ keyboard composition ⓘ
associatedCycle	24 prelude-and-fugue pairs in all major and minor keys ⓘ
associatedWorkBySameComposer	Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ
catalogNumber	BWV 848 ⓘ
collection	The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ surface form: Das wohltemperierte Klavier I The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
composer	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerNationality	German ⓘ
compositionDate	circa 1722 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
educationalLevel	advanced keyboard students ⓘ
genre	fugue ⓘ
hasOpusForm	prelude-and-fugue pair ⓘ
hasWorkNumber	BWV 848 ⓘ
includedInStandardRepertoire	yes ⓘ
influenced	later fugue writing in the Classical period ⓘ pedagogical approaches to counterpoint ⓘ
intendedInstrument	clavichord ⓘ harpsichord ⓘ keyboard ⓘ
key	C-sharp major ⓘ
keySignature	four sharps ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
movementType	fugue ⓘ
notableFeature	closely related countersubjects ⓘ intricate thematic development ⓘ sequential episodes ⓘ use of stretto ⓘ
numberOfVoices	4 ⓘ
originalTitle	Fuga 3 a 4 voci in Cis-dur ⓘ
pairedWith	Prelude in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ
partOf	The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
placeInCycle	third prelude-and-fugue pair in Book I ⓘ
positionInCollection	Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: No. 3 fugue in Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier
relatedConcept	Baroque keyboard technique ⓘ thematic development in fugue ⓘ well-tempered tuning systems ⓘ
stylePeriod	Baroque ⓘ
tempoIndication	Allegro (in many modern editions) ⓘ
texture	contrapuntal ⓘ
tonality	major ⓘ
tonicNote	C-sharp ⓘ
tuningConcept	well temperament ⓘ
usedFor	keyboard pedagogy ⓘ study of Baroque counterpoint ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

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

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

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

Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 → positionInCollection → Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: No. 3 fugue in Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier

Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 → isFollowedBy → Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 (in the WTC ordering)

Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 → associatedWorkBySameComposer → Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ