Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862

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Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier and its expressive, harmonically rich writing.

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Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard prelude
musical composition
associatedWith Köthen
Leipzig
BWVWorkGroup BWV 846–893
surface form: BWV 846–869
catalogNumber BWV 862
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
compositionForm prelude
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier
cycleNumber I
dedicatedTo none (no explicit dedication)
educationalUse keyboard pedagogy
firstPublication 1801 (posthumous publication of The Well-Tempered Clavier)
genre Baroque keyboard music
hasCatalogue BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
surface form: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
hasCounterpart Prelude in G-sharp minor, BWV 887 (Book II, enharmonic key)
hasKeySignature four flats
hasManuscriptSource autograph of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
hasMode Ionian (major)
hasMovement none (single-movement prelude)
hasStyle contrapuntally informed harmony
hasTimePeriod early 18th century
includedIn complete recordings of The Well-Tempered Clavier
influenced later keyboard literature
intendedInstrument harpsichord
isPartOfKeySequence 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys
key A-flat major
languageOfWork none (instrumental)
notableFor expressive writing
harmonically rich progressions
inclusion in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
opusNumber none
originalCompositionDate circa 1722
pairedWith Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
pairedWorkNumberInWTCBookI Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
surface form: Fugue No. 17
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
performancePractice often performed on modern piano
period Baroque
positionInSeries 17
structure continuous prelude
tonality major
tuningContext well-tempered tuning
typicalDuration approximately 2–3 minutes
usesTexture predominantly homophonic with figurations
workNumberInWTCBookI Prelude No. 17

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The Well-Tempered Clavier contains Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 pairedWith Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 companionPieceOf Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 hasCompanionPrelude Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862