Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2
Composition Year 1722 in Das wohltemperierte Klavier I (No.3)
Genre Categories Preludes; Fugues; For keyboard; Scores featuring keyboard soloists; For 1 player; For 3 viols (arr); Scores featuring the viol; For 3 players

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Prelude (lossless)
#409997 - 19.57MB - 1:15 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 995×⇩ - FLAC - Lekro

FLAC file (audio)
Lekro (2016/2/6)

 Fugue (lossless)
#409998 - 40.32MB - 2:35 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 470×⇩ - FLAC - Lekro

FLAC file (audio)
Lekro (2016/2/6)

 Prelude (lossy)
#409999 - 2.21MB - 1:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 746×⇩ - MP3 - Lekro

MP3 file (audio)
Lekro (2016/2/6)

 Fugue (lossy)
#410000 - 4.48MB - 2:35 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 552×⇩ - MP3 - Lekro

MP3 file (audio)
Lekro (2016/2/6)

Performer Pages Kimiko Ishizaka (piano)
Publisher Info. North Hampton: Navona Records, 2015.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes From Kimiko Ishizaka's Open Well-Tempered Clavier. Master tracks available here.

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 complete performance
#439300 - 4.70MB - 3:47 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 384×⇩ - MP3 - Lumineux

MP3 file (audio)
Lumineux (2016/9/15)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
Publisher Info. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Recorded September 2016 in St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University (Peter Hill, sound engineer)
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Synthesized/MIDI

For Keyboard

 Prelude
#184052 - 0.01MB - 1:18 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 456×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/3/5)

 Fugue
#184060 - 0.01MB - 1:50 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 303×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/3/5)

Performers Synthesized MIDI
Publisher Info. Davide Castellone
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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 Prelude
#203985 - 0.01MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 138×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/4/14)

 Fugue
#203986 - 0.01MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 123×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/4/14)

Performers Synthesized MIDI
Publisher Info. Joan Trescases
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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 Prelude (harpsichord)
#317256 - 0.01MB - 1:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 67×⇩ - MID - Keanur

MID file (audio/video)
Keanur (2014/2/28)

 Fugue (harpsichord)
#317257 - 0.01MB - 2:14 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - MID - Keanur

MID file (audio/video)
Keanur (2014/2/28)

Performers MIDI file by Pierre Gouin
Publisher Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2014
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Transposed to C major.
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For Viols (Watanabe)

 Fugue (transposed to C major)
#147282 - 0.01MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 202×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

MID file (audio/video)
wrshannon (2011/11/7)

Performers Hitoshi Watanabe
Publisher Info. Hitoshi Watanabe
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Bach for Viols.
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#81762 - 2.77MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21771×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2010/10/15)

Copyist Karl Heinrich Ernst Müller (1753-1835)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), corrections
Publisher. Info. Das wohltemperierte Klavier I (pp.7-10)
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1740-59)., with composer corrections
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 202(3)
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 Complete Score
#02208 - 0.38MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16185×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/11/26)

Editor Franz Kroll (1820-1877)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 14 (pp.10-13)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1866. Plate B.W. XIV.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#438714 - 3.21MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 173×⇩ - MMmusing

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MMmusing (2016/9/10)

Editor Franz Kroll (1820-1877)
Publisher. Info. Das wohltemperierte Klavier, 1ter Theil (pp.120-25)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 8400.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This is a very useful alternative (included at the end of a complete edition of WTC, Book I) for reading this prelude and fugue in the enharmonically equivalent key of D-flat major.
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 Complete Score
#01007 - 0.36MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8002×⇩ - Funper

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Funper (2006/6/09)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1893. Plate 11015.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#109384 - 0.42MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1980×⇩ - Icactus

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Icactus (2011/7/15)

Editor Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)
Publisher. Info. Anthology of German Piano Music, Vol. I
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1914. Plate ML-2230.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Score (transposed to D♭ major)
#539744 - 0.24MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 84×⇩ - Owaine1

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Editor Evans, Owain
Publisher. Info. Owain Evans, 2018.
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 Prelude
#184041 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1399×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/5)

 Fugue
#184042 - 0.49MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1474×⇩ - Reccmo

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 Engraving files (Lilypond)
#184043 - 0.01MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 496×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/5)

Editor Davide Castellone
Publisher. Info. Davide Castellone
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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 Prelude
#203971 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1132×⇩ - Reccmo

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 Fugue
#203972 - 0.19MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1083×⇩ - Reccmo

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 Engraving files (Encore)
#203973 - 0.02MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 470×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/4/14)

Editor Joan Trescases
Publisher. Info. Joan Trescases
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 Prelude (transposed in C major)
#317250 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 576×⇩ - Keanur

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 Fugue (transposed in C major)
#317251 - 0.14MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 529×⇩ - Keanur

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Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2014
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Urtext keyboard score, transposed.
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 Prelude
#110701 - 0.06MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1620×⇩ - RSB

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RSB (2011/7/24)

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 Fugue (Open Score)
#497227 - 0.48MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 194×⇩ - Skryabushka

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 Source File (LilyPond)
#497228 - 0.00MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 56×⇩ - Skryabushka

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Editor Kyle Rother (b. 1988)
Publisher. Info. Kyle Rother
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 Complete Score [B]
#569613 - 0.43MB, 6 pp.  - U/U/U - Pianoman121

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Pianoman121 (2019/4/24)

Editor Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Publisher. Info. Klassiker der Tonkunst, Bd 1
Wien: Universal Edition, 1912. Plate U.E. 3920.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Fugue

For 3 Viols (Watanabe)

 Complete Score
#129592 - 0.13MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1318×⇩ - wrshannon

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⇒ 5 more: Thematic analysis score • Treble Viol 1 • Tenor Viol • Bass Viol • Engraving files (MusicXML)

 Thematic analysis score
#129593 - 0.13MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 430×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Treble Viol 1
#129594 - 0.13MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 288×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Tenor Viol
#129595 - 0.14MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 213×⇩ - wrshannon

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wrshannon (2011/9/26)

 Bass Viol
#129596 - 0.14MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 204×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Engraving files (MusicXML)
#177500 - 0.01MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 191×⇩ - wrshannon

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wrshannon (2011/9/26)

Arranger Hitoshi Watanabe
Publisher. Info. Hitoshi Watanabe
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Bach for Viols. Transposed to C major
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General Information

Work Title Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C-sharp major
Alternative. Title Praeludium et Fuga a tre voci
Name Translations Präludium und Fuge Cis-Dur BWV 848; Prélude et fugue en ut dièse majeur (BWV 848)
Authorities Wikipedia; GND: 30001192X; BNF: 139353583
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 848
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 511
Key C-sharp major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1722 in Das wohltemperierte Klavier I (No.3)
First Publication. 1801
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation clavier (keyboard)
External Links Wikipedia article (on Das wohltemperierte Klavier)
Bach Digital (source list)
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