Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862

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Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as the companion piece to the Prelude in A-flat major in Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition
fugue
keyboard composition
associatedWithComposer Johann Sebastian Bach
catalogNumber BWV 862
collection The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
companionPieceOf Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
composerCountryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
genre fugue
hasBWVNumber 862
hasCompanionPrelude Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
hasCompanionWorkType prelude and fugue pair
intendedInstrument clavichord
harpsichord
keyboard instrument
isKeyboardWork true
isPartOfWellTemperedClavier true
key A-flat major
language none
movementNumberInCollection 17
opusNumber none
orderingScheme chromatic by ascending semitone
originalMedium manuscript
pairedWith Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
partOfCycle The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
period Baroque
tonality major
tuningSystemContext well-tempered tuning

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The Well-Tempered Clavier contains Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
Prelude in G minor, BWV 861 hasAdjacentWorkInCycle Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
this entity surface form: Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 pairedWith Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
Prelude in A-flat major, BWV 862 pairedWorkNumberInWTCBookI Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
this entity surface form: Fugue No. 17