Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

		Movements/Sections 2 Composition Year 1708 ? Genre Categories Fantasias; Fugues; For organ; Scores featuring the organ; For 1 player; For orchestra (arr); For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano

Performances

• Recordings (2)

Recordings

 Fantasia
*#246653 - 6.14MB - 4:28 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 863x⇩

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Rob Peters (2012/8/15)

 Fugue
*#246654 - 6.74MB - 4:54 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 466x⇩

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Rob Peters (2012/8/15)

Performer Pages:

Rob Peters (organ)

Publisher Info.:

Rob Peters

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Live-performance 19 July 2009, St. Martin's Church, Maastricht (Netherlands). Organ: Pereboom & Leijser 1878

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Sheet Music

• Organ Scores (3)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Organ Scores

 Complete Score
*#01322 - 0.71MB, 8 pp. -  6.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 6176x⇩

PDF scanned by Unknown
shikamoo (2006/8/26)

Editor:

Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)

Publisher Info.:

Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 15
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1867. Plate B.W. XV.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Fantasia
*#129531 - 0.12MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1289x⇩

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/25)

 Fugue
*#129532 - 0.13MB, 4 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - !N/!N/!N - 945x⇩

PDF typeset by Pierre Gouin
Pierre Gouin (2011/9/25)

Editor:

Pierre Gouin - Contact

Publisher Info.:

Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2007

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag/del]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Orchestra (Elgar)

 Complete Score
*#246107 - 3.19MB, 44 (iv, #1-37, iii) pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 718x⇩

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Massenetique (2012/8/10)

Arranger:

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1922. Plate 14943.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets in B♭, bass clarinet in B♭, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B♭, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, 2 harps, strings.
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For Piano solo (Albert)

 Complete score
*#192708 - 2.51MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 596x⇩

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Notenquetser (2012/3/25)

Arranger:

Eugen d' Albert (1864-1932)

Publisher Info.:

6 Präludien und Fugen
Leipzig: Robert Forberg, 1900. Plate 5434

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General Information

Work Title	Prelude (Fantasia) and Fugue in C minor
Alternative Title

Composer	Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue Number	BWV 537 (BC J40)
Key	C minor
Movements/Sections	2
Year/Date of Composition	1708 ?
First Publication	1867 -- Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 15
Average Duration	9 minutes
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Organ
External Links	Wikipedia

Misc. Comments

Organ Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ (Trio) Sonatas BWV 525 — Organ Sonata No.1 in E-flat major BWV 526 — Organ Sonata No.2 in C minor BWV 527 — Organ Sonata No.3 in D minor BWV 528 — Organ Sonata No.4 in E minor BWV 529 — Organ Sonata No.5 in C major BWV 530 — Organ Sonata No.6 in G major	Chorale Preludes Chorale Preludes I (Orgelbüchlein), BWV 599–644 Chorale Preludes II (Schübler Chorales), BWV 645-650 Chorale Preludes III ("The Great Eighteen"), BWV 651-668 Chorale Preludes IV ("German Organ Mass"—from Clavierübung Volume III), BWV 669-678 Chorale Preludes V (Kirnberger), BWV 690-713 BWV 714-741 — Chorale Preludes BWV 742 — Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder BWV 743 — Ach, was ist doch unser Leben BWV 744-746 — Chorale Preludes BWV 747 — Christus, der uns selig macht BWV 748 — Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei BWV 748a — Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei BWV 749 — Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' BWV 750 — Herr Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht BWV 751 — In dulci jubilo BWV 752 — Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 753 — Jesu, meine Freude (fragment) BWV 754 — Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 755 — Nun freut euch, lieben Christen BWV 756 — Nun ruhen alle Wälder BWV 757 — O Herre Gott, dein göttlich's Wort BWV 758-761 — Chorale Preludes BWV 762 — Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV 763 — Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV 764 — Wie schön leuchtet der Morgernstern (fragment)
Preludes, Fugues, Toccatas, Fantasias and Passacaglias BWV 131a — Fugue in G minor (arranged from BWV 131; spurious) BWV 531 — Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 532 — Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 533 — Prelude and Fugue in E minor (“Cathedral”) BWV 534 — Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 535 — Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 536 — Prelude and Fugue in A major BWV 537 — Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 538 — Toccata and Fugue in D minor (“Dorian”) BWV 539 — Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 540 — Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 541 — Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 542 — Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (“Great”) "6 Great Preludes and Fugues" BWV 543 — Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 544 — Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 545 — Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 546 — Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 547 — Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 548 — Prelude and Fugue in E minor ("Wedge") BWV 549 — Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 550 — Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 551 — Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 551 — Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 552 — Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major ("St. Anne"—from Clavierübung Volume III) BWV 553–560 — 8 Kleine Präludien und Fugen (spurious) BWV 561 — Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (spurious) BWV 562 — Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 563 — Fantasia with Imitation in B minor (spurious) BWV 564 — Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 565 — Toccata and Fugue in D minor (disputed) BWV 566 — Toccata and Fugue in E major (disputed) BWV 566a — Toccata and Fugue in C major (earlier version of BWV 566) BWV 567 — Prelude in C major (by Johann Ludwig Krebs) BWV 568 — Prelude in G major BWV 569 — Prelude in A minor BWV 570 — Fantasia in C major BWV 571 — Fantasia in G major BWV 572 — Fantasia in G major ("Pièce d'orgue") BWV 573 — Fantasia in C major (fragment) BWV 574 — Fuge über ein Thema von Giovanni Legrenzi (Fugue on a Theme by Giovanni Legrenzi) BWV 575 — Fugue in C minor BWV 576 — Fugue in G major (spurious) BWV 577 — Fugue in G major BWV 578 — Fugue in G minor ("Little") BWV 579 — Fuge über ein Thema von Corelli (Fugue on a Theme by Corelli) BWV 580 — Fugue in D major (spurious) BWV 581 — Fugue in G major (spurious) BWV 582 — Passacaglia in C minor BWV Anh.90 — Fugue in C major (doubtful)	Concertos BWV 592 — Organ Concerto in G major (after Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) BWV 593 — Organ Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi) BWV 594 — Organ Concerto in C major (after Antonio Vivaldi) BWV 595 — Organ Concerto in C major (after Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) BWV 596 — Organ Concerto in D minor (after Antonio Vivaldi) BWV 597 — Organ Concerto in E♭ major (spurious, source unknown)
Trios BWV 583 — Trio in D minor BWV 584 — Trio in G minor (spurious) BWV 585 — Trio in C minor (by Johann Friedrich Fasch) BWV 586 — Trio in G major (after Georg Philipp Telemann)	Partitas, Variations and Miscellaneous BWV 765 — Chorale variations "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott" (spurious) BWV 766 — Chorale partita on "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag" BWV 767 — Chorale partita on "O Gott, du frommer Gott" BWV 768 — Chorale partita on "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" BWV 769 — Canonic variations on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her" BWV 770 — Chorale variations "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen" (spurious) BWV 771 — Chorale variations "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'" (spurious; now attributed to Nicolaus Vetter) BWV 587 — Aria in F major (spurious, after François Couperin) BWV 588 — Canzona in D minor BWV 589 — Alla breve in D major BWV 590 — Pastorale in F major (incomplete) BWV 591 — Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth (doubtful; possibly by Johann David Heinichen) BWV 598 — Pedal-Exercitium ("Pedal Exercise") (doubtful; possbily by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) BWV 802-805 — 4 Duettos (from Clavierübung Volume III)

Composed 1708 according to jsbach.org, toward the end of the period 1708-1717 according to allmusic.com (the "after 1723" of that site should be ignored as the more detailed description gives toward the end of etc.)