BWV 856

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BWV 856 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.

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BWV 856 canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard composition
prelude and fugue
work by Johann Sebastian Bach
bookNumber I
catalogNumber BWV 856
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier
firstPublication 1801
followedBy BWV 857
fugueVoices 4
genre Baroque keyboard music
hasCatalogue Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
hasForm fugue
prelude
hasNotableEdition Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe
Neue Bach-Ausgabe
hasOpusNumber none (catalogued only as BWV 856)
hasPart Fugue in D minor, BWV 856
Prelude in D minor, BWV 856
intendedInstrument harpsichord
keyboard
isStudiedIn fugue analysis
music theory
piano pedagogy
key D minor
keyOfFugue D minor
keyOfPrelude D minor
languageOfTitle Latin alphabet
movementCount 2
originalCollectionCompiler Johann Sebastian Bach
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
partOfSeries 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, Book I
period Baroque period
linked to: Baroque
positionInCycle 6
precededBy BWV 855
typicalDuration approximately 4–6 minutes
workNumberInBookI 6
writtenForTuningSystem well-tempered tuning

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