Prelude in A minor, BWV 865

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Prelude in A minor, BWV 865 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive chromaticism and contrapuntal writing.

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instanceOf Baroque composition
keyboard prelude
musical composition
associatedWork The Well-Tempered Clavier
canBePerformedOn clavichord
harpsichord
piano
catalogNumber BWV 865
collectionCompiler Johann Sebastian Bach
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
educationalLevel advanced intermediate to advanced keyboard students
genre prelude
harmonicLanguage tonal with chromatic inflections
hasForm through-composed
hasKeySignature no sharps or flats
hasOpusStructure paired prelude and fugue
instrumentation keyboard
intendedUse demonstration of well-tempered tuning
keyboard pedagogy
isRecordedOn The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: complete Well-Tempered Clavier recordings

numerous classical piano albums
isStudiedIn keyboard literature courses
music theory courses
key A minor
languageOfMusicalTerms Italian
movementType prelude
notableFeature contrapuntal writing
expressive chromaticism
imitative textures
sequential harmonic progressions
use of suspensions
originalInstrument harpsichord
pairedWith Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
period Baroque era
positionInSeries 20th prelude in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
style Central European Baroque
surface form: German Baroque
tempoIndication unmarked in autograph
tonality minor
tonalSystem well-tempered tuning
typicalDuration approximately 2 to 3 minutes
uses chromatic passing tones
contrapuntal voice-leading
sequences

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The Well-Tempered Clavier contains Prelude in A minor, BWV 865
Fugue in A minor, BWV 865 pairedWith Prelude in A minor, BWV 865
Fugue in A minor, BWV 865 hasCompanionWork Prelude in A minor, BWV 865
this entity surface form: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
Fugue in A minor, BWV 865 isSectionOf Prelude in A minor, BWV 865
this entity surface form: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
Prelude in B minor, BWV 869 follows Prelude in A minor, BWV 865