Fugue in F minor, BWV 857
E316672
Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 is a contrapuntal keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach, known for its expressive intensity and intricate voice leading.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2797696 — 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: Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 Context triple: [The Well-Tempered Clavier, contains, Fugue in F minor, BWV 857]
-
A.
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive counterpoint and inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
B.
Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 is a contrapuntal keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of his collection The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
C.
Fugue in F major, BWV 856
Fugue in F major, BWV 856 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
D.
Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 is a highly recognizable keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, noted for its driving rhythmic intensity and intricate contrapuntal writing.
-
E.
Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852
Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852 is a contrapuntal keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable as one of the fugues 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: Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 Target entity description: Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 is a contrapuntal keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach, known for its expressive intensity and intricate voice leading.
-
A.
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive counterpoint and inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
B.
Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 is a contrapuntal keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of his collection The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
C.
Fugue in F major, BWV 856
Fugue in F major, BWV 856 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
D.
Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 is a highly recognizable keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, noted for its driving rhythmic intensity and intricate contrapuntal writing.
-
E.
Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852
Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852 is a contrapuntal keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable as one of the fugues in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composition
ⓘ
fugue ⓘ keyboard work ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | circa 1722 ⓘ |
| belongsToCycle |
The Well-Tempered Clavier
ⓘ
surface form:
24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys (WTC I)
|
| BWVNumber | BWV 857 ⓘ |
| catalogue |
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
|
| collection | The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ |
| collectionVolume | Book I ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| counterpointTechnique |
imitation
ⓘ
invertible counterpoint ⓘ stretto ⓘ |
| difficultyLevel | advanced keyboard repertoire ⓘ |
| genre | keyboard fugue ⓘ |
| hasFormSection |
exposition
ⓘ
final section ⓘ middle entries ⓘ |
| hasKeySignature | 4 flats ⓘ |
| hasMoodAssociation |
intense
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
| hasOpusNumber | none ⓘ |
| hasTempoIndicationInModernEditions | often Andante or similar ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858 ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 ⓘ |
| isPublishedIn | editions of The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ |
| isRecordedBy |
numerous classical pianists
ⓘ
numerous harpsichordists ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
counterpoint classes
ⓘ
music theory courses ⓘ |
| key | F minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| movementNumberInWTCBookI | 12 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
expressive intensity
ⓘ
intricate voice leading ⓘ |
| numberOfVoices | 4 ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | harpsichord ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Prelude in F minor, BWV 857 ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Well-Tempered Clavier
ⓘ
surface form:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
|
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| style | German Baroque keyboard style ⓘ |
| subjectType | melodic subject in F minor ⓘ |
| texture | contrapuntal ⓘ |
| tonality | minor ⓘ |
| tuningConcept | well-tempered tuning ⓘ |
| typicalInstrument | piano ⓘ |
| usesNotation | common practice period notation ⓘ |
| workNumberWithinPair | fugue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 Description of subject: Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 is a contrapuntal keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach, known for its expressive intensity and intricate voice leading.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.