BWV 857

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BWV 857 is a prelude and fugue in F minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, part of his first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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BWV 857 canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
prelude and fugue
alsoPerformedOn piano
catalogNumber BWV 857
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
composerLifePeriod Baroque era
composerNationality German
cyclePosition No. 12 in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
genre Baroque keyboard music
hasAbbreviation WTC I/12
linked to: WTC I
hasCollection Das wohltemperierte Klavier I
hasComposer Johann Sebastian Bach
hasFugue Fugue in F minor, BWV 857/2
hasKeyOfFugue F minor
hasKeyOfPrelude F minor
hasKeySignature four flats
hasMovementOrder Prelude followed by fugue
hasNumberOfVoices 4 voices in fugue
hasOpusGrouping Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, F minor pair
hasPrelude Prelude in F minor, BWV 857/1
hasStructure two-movement work
hasSubject fugue subject in F minor
hasWorkNumberInCycle 12
isContainedIn BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
key F minor
language instrumental
movement Fugue in F minor, BWV 857/2
Prelude in F minor, BWV 857/1
originalInstrumentation harpsichord
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
tonality minor
workSeries The Well-Tempered Clavier

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

BWV 846–893 containsWork BWV 857
BWV 856 followedBy BWV 857
BWV 857 catalogNumber BWV 857
BWV 858 precededBy BWV 857