BWV 865

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BWV 865 is a prelude and fugue in A minor for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, included in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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BWV 865 canonical 5

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instanceOf Baroque composition
keyboard composition
prelude and fugue
catalogNumber BWV 865
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
composerLifePeriod middle period of Johann Sebastian Bach
composerNationality German
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier
cycleBook Book I
firstPublication 1801
firstPublicationMedium print
followedBy BWV 866
followedByInWTCBookI Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866
hasCatalog Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
hasGenre contrapuntal music
fugue
keyboard music
prelude
hasInfluenced keyboard repertoire
hasPart Fugue in A minor, BWV 865/2
Prelude in A minor, BWV 865/1
hasStructure two-movement work
intendedInstrument harpsichord
keyboard
isStudiedIn counterpoint studies
keyboard pedagogy
music theory
key A minor
language instrumental
movementNumberInWTCBookI 20
notatedIn common practice notation
opusNumber none
orderingPrincipleInCollection chromatic by ascending semitone
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
partOfCollection 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
period Baroque
placeAssociatedWithComposition Köthen
Weimar
precededBy BWV 864
precededByInWTCBookI Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
recordedBy numerous classical pianists
numerous harpsichordists
tonality minor
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 5 minutes to 7 minutes
usesTuningConcept well temperament

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