Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Lumineux (2016/9/15)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
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Misc. Notes Recorded September 2016 in St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University (Peter Hill, sound engineer)
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Lekro (2016/2/6)

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Lekro (2016/2/6)

Performer Pages Kimiko Ishizaka (piano)
Publisher Info. North Hampton: Navona Records, 2015.
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Jürgen Noll (2013/4/17)

Performer Pages Jürgen Noll (piano)
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Lekro (2013/12/6)

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Lekro (2013/12/6)

Performer Pages Martha Goldstein (harpsichord)
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Misc. Notes Source and alternative formats:
From an album featuring a Flemish harpsichord on Pandora Records. Ogg Vorbis files can be found here.

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The harpsichord is copied from a one manual instrument built by Hans Moerman in Antwerp (1584). It was restored by Frank Hubbard in Boston (1963). The working plans of the instrument used are due to Lutz Bungart of the Instrument workshop. It was built in the the early seventies by Al Goldstein when he was the partner of Lutz. The instrument has 2 manuals in the usual dispostion of 8x8x4.
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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/18)

Performer Pages Glenn Gould (piano)
Publisher Info. Columbia Masterworks, 1963. MS 6408.
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Luiskaludin (2023/9/19)

Performer Pages Luis Kolodin (Piano)
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Reccmo (2012/4/14)

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Reccmo (2012/4/14)

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Præludium (No.1)

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Reccmo (2012/3/5)

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Fuga (No.2)

For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau)

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Michrond (2012/4/26)

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For 3 Recorders (Tennent)

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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Transposed to G minor.
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Sheet Music

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Ivdruiz (2010/10/15)

Copyist Karl Heinrich Ernst Müller (1753–1835)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), corrections
Publisher. Info. Das wohltemperierte Klavier I (pp.4-6)
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1740-59)., with composer corrections
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 202(2)
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Feldmahler (2006/11/26)

Editor Franz Kroll (1820-1877)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 14 (pp.6-9)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1866. Plate B.W. XIV.
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Funper (2006/6/09)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1893. Plate 11015.
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Editor Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Publisher. Info. Klassiker der Tonkunst, Bd.1
Wien: Universal Edition, 1912. Plate U.E. 3920.
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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918-2011)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 6.1 (pp.8-11)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1989. Plate BA 5070.
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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918-2011)
Publisher. Info. The Well-Tempered Clavier I (pp.8–11)
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1989. Plate BA 5191.
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Præludium (No.1)

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Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 5 (pp.20-21)
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Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 6.1 (pp.244-45)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1989. Plate BA 5070.
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Fuga (No.2)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Violin and Piano (Yokoyama)

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For 2 Guitars (Szeghy)

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For 2 Pianos (Besseling)

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Peterbesseling (2021/11/23)

Arranger Peter Besseling (b. 1953)
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Misc. Notes New arrangement of the prelude, with a twist. Completed with the fugue.
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Præludium (No.1)

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Misc. Notes Jazz-like arrangement of Bach's Praeludium II. Performance recording can be found on Youtube under jnfmusic.
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For Treble Recorder and Tenor Recorder (Teuling)

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Arranger Arnold den Teuling (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info. Arnold den Teuling, 2018.
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Misc. Notes Prelude only. Fugue arrangement of BWV855 for the same instruments is appropriate.
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For 2 Guitars (Höger)

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Misc. Notes If performed I would look forward about a small reference to my efforts.
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For Guitar (Manger)

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Misc. Notes Transposed to A minor and simplified. Use capodasto if you prefer C minor.
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Fuga (No.2)

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For 3 Recorders (Tennent)

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For 3 Bassoons (Zehar)

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For 2 Violins and Cello (Sanchez)

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General Information

Work Title Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C minor
Alternative. Title Præludium et Fuga a 4 voci
Name Translations Прелюдия и фуга до минор, BWV 847; Präludium und Fuge c-Moll BWV 847; Prélude et fugue en ut mineur (BWV 847); Preludi i fuga en do menor (BWV 847); 前奏曲とフーガ ハ短調 BWV847
Name Aliases 平均律クラヴィーア曲集 第1巻 第2番
Authorities Wikipedia; GND: 300560133; BNF: 13909944d
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 847 ; BC L 81
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 509
Key C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 movements:
  1. Præludium (38 bars)
  2. Fuga (31 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1722 in Das wohltemperierte Klavier I (No.2)
First Publication. 1801
Average DurationAvg. Duration 3 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation keyboard
Related Works Prelude and Fughetta in C minor, BWV 847a (Early Version)
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (No.15: Præludium)
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
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