Prélude, Choral et Fugue
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Prélude, Choral et Fugue is a major 1884 piano composition by César Franck that combines Baroque-inspired forms with Romantic harmony and cyclic thematic development.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
piano composition
ⓘ
solo piano work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French piano repertoire
ⓘ
cyclic form in music ⓘ |
| catalogueStatus | one of Franck’s major piano works ⓘ |
| composer | César Franck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1884 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Louis Diémer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1884 ⓘ |
| form | multi-movement work ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic piano music ⓘ |
| hasSection |
chorale-like middle movement
ⓘ
final fugue ⓘ virtuosic prelude ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 19th-century French music ⓘ |
| influenced | later French piano composers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Baroque forms ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | B minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Choral
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Fugue ⓘ Prélude ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Alfred Cortot
NERFINISHED
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli NERFINISHED ⓘ Sviatoslav Richter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecording | Alfred Cortot’s recording for EMI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf | César Franck’s piano oeuvre ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | E. Fromont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | advanced piano technique ⓘ |
| structureCharacteristic |
thematic recall across movements
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unified cyclic design ⓘ |
| style |
chromatic harmony
ⓘ
dense contrapuntal writing ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
musicological analysis on cyclic form
ⓘ
piano performance studies ⓘ |
| texture |
homophonic chorale sections
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polyphonic ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Prelude, Chorale and Fugue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | approximately 20 minutes ⓘ |
| uses |
Romantic harmony
ⓘ
cyclic thematic development ⓘ |
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