Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866

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keyboard prelude musical composition

Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its inclusion in the first book of his influential collection The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Label Occurrences
Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 canonical 3
Prelude No. 21 in Book I 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard prelude ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
associatedKeyOfCycle B-flat major ⓘ
belongsToCatalogue BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) ⓘ
surface form: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
catalogNumber BWV 866 ⓘ
collectionPublicationTitle The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
surface form: Das wohltemperirte Clavier, Teil I
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerStyle contrapuntal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
cycle prelude and fugue in all 24 keys ⓘ
genre Baroque keyboard music ⓘ
hasBWVNumber 866 ⓘ
hasCompanionWork Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
hasComposerCatalogSection keyboard works ⓘ
hasKeySignature two flats ⓘ
hasOriginalMedium manuscript ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage German (collection title) ⓘ
hasWorkNumberWithinCollection Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prelude No. 21 in Book I
historicalEra early 18th century ⓘ
includedIn The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–869
instrumentation keyboard ⓘ
intendedInstrument harpsichord ⓘ
isEducationalRepertoire yes ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedWith Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
isRecordedOn numerous Bach keyboard recordings ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
languageOfMusicalTerms Italian ⓘ
movementType prelude ⓘ
notableFor inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
opus The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
pairedWith Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
surface form: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
partOfCollectionBy Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
placeOfComposition Köthen ⓘ
surface form: Köthen (probable)
positionInSeries 21 ⓘ
sequenceInKeyOrder B-flat major prelude ⓘ
tonality major ⓘ
writtenFor well-tempered tuning system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Well-Tempered Clavier → contains → Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 → hasWorkNumberWithinCollection → Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prelude No. 21 in Book I
Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 → pairedWith → Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 → hasPrelude → Prelude in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ