Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854
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Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854, is a keyboard work from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, showcasing his contrapuntal mastery and expressive harmonic language.
All labels observed (2)
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| Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 canonical | 4 |
| eighth prelude and fugue in The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13230011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 Context triple: [Fugue in F major, BWV 856, isPrecededBy, Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854]
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Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858 is a keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, showcasing his contrapuntal mastery and exploration of the key of F-sharp major.
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Prelude in E minor, BWV 855
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 is a short keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive, introspective character and its place among the preludes of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Prelude in F major, BWV 856
Prelude in F major, BWV 856 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the short, didactic pieces from the first book of his Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852 is a keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the preludes from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive counterpoint and inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 Target entity description: Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854, is a keyboard work from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, showcasing his contrapuntal mastery and expressive harmonic language.
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A.
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858 is a keyboard work by Johann Sebastian Bach from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, showcasing his contrapuntal mastery and exploration of the key of F-sharp major.
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B.
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 is a short keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive, introspective character and its place among the preludes of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
Prelude in F major, BWV 856
Prelude in F major, BWV 856 is a keyboard prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the short, didactic pieces from the first book of his Well-Tempered Clavier.
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D.
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852
Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 852 is a keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, known as one of the preludes from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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E.
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 is a keyboard fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its expressive counterpoint and inclusion in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- F. None of above. chosen
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linked to: Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854
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Book I
Book I, number in the sequence of 24 preludes and fugues
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