Fugue in G major, BWV 860

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Fugue in G major, BWV 860 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable as one of the contrapuntal pieces in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Fugue in G major, BWV 860 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baroque composition
fugue
keyboard composition
book Book I
BWVWorkGroup BWV 846–869
catalogNumber BWV 860
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier
genre fugue
hasAnswerType tonal answer
hasApproximateCompositionYears c. 1722
hasCommonModernInstrument piano
hasCounterpointStyle tonal fugue
hasDifficultyLevel intermediate to advanced keyboard level
hasForm fugue with exposition, episodes, and final entries
hasISWCStatus not individually assigned (part of WTC I)
hasKeySignature one sharp
hasMainSubjectKey G major
hasMusicalStyle German Baroque keyboard style
hasOriginalMedium solo keyboard
hasPrelude Prelude in G major, BWV 860
hasSubjectEntryType stretto entries (in some sections)
hasTimePeriodOfComposition early 18th century
hasTypicalPerformanceDuration about 2 minutes
hasWorkNumberInBachGesellschaft BGA WTC I No. 15
instrumentation keyboard
intendedInstrument harpsichord
isEducationalRepertoire true
isFrequentlyRecorded true
isPublishedIn The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846–869
isStudiedIn counterpoint classes
music theory courses
key G major
keyPair G major / G minor
languageOfTitle German
movementNumberInWTCBookI 15
numberOfVoices 3
opusNumber none
orderingSchemeInCollection by ascending chromatic key pairs
pairedWith Prelude in G major, BWV 860
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
partOfCollection The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys (WTC I)
period Baroque
texture contrapuntal
titleLanguageCode de
tonality major
usesImitativeCounterpoint true

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The Well-Tempered Clavier contains Fugue in G major, BWV 860
Prelude in G major, BWV 860 pairedWith Fugue in G major, BWV 860
Prelude in G major, BWV 860 hasCompanionWork Fugue in G major, BWV 860
Prelude in G major, BWV 860 isFrequentlyPerformedWith Fugue in G major, BWV 860