Prelude and fugue in d minor, bwv 851 from wtc i a guide to. Ashkenazy records this prelude in quite slow tempo, with mixed results similar koroliov and stadtfeld. Bach maintains the old italian theme by making the fugue a lively canzonetta, but bringing to it a more modern. Johann sebastian bach was a noted german composer, keyboardist, and violinist. The subject introduces all pitches of the f major scale.
Bach worked on the second book over a long period of time, even reworking pieces he had written for other purposes, as he had in the first book. Prelude and fugue in f minor from welltempered clavier book. Prelude and fugue in csharp minor, bwv 873 wikipedia. This is clearly a keyboard study, not a transcribed vocal piece. But the price for the slowest recording goes the gould, whose larghissimo 18 bpm fellner 55 bmp, 3x as fast is. Wtc book 2, prelude and fugue in f sharp minor, bwv 883 by walter gieseking piano on amazon music. Significantly, none of the subject entries throughout the fugue are in the key other that d minor or a minor most of the time the fugue is d minor. The composer in this fugue shows his mastery in writing strettos. In bachs time clavier was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding an organ either the modern german spelling for the collection is. Choose from 105 different sets of bach fugue prelude flashcards on quizlet. Prelude and fugue in f minor, bwv 881 bach, johann sebastian. His works such as the brandenburg concertos are known for their technical depth and artistic beauty. Title name translations prelude et fugue en fa mineur bwv 881.
Fugue no 12 in f minor a 3 bwv 881b 1 mp3 download 3. It is the twelfth prelude and fugue in the second book of the welltempered. Prelude and fugue in f sharp minor, bwv 883 bach, johann sebastian movementssections movtssecs. The two books of preludes and fugues in alternately major and minor keys twentyfour in each were not written in sequence or as a single concerted effort. Prelude and fugue in bflat major from welltempered clavier. A detailed guide that analyzes the structural, harmonic and thematic frame of the prelude and the fugue. The c minor fugue, in three voices, is textbook material for learning what a fugue really is.
The underlying harmonic progression gives a sense of how to shape the constant stream of semiquavers 16th notes. This prelude and fugue has recently been published in the nba edition by dietrich kilian. Countersubject is some sort of extension of this subject. Which one is your favorite prelude and fugue from bachs. Bachs a minor prelude and fugue some textual observations on b wv 543 gwilym beechey in the mt of january 1967, walter emery discussed certain aspects of bachs notation with special reference to the closing bars of the a minor organ fugue bwv 543. My interpretation of bach well tempered clavier book 2, n. Learn bach fugue prelude with free interactive flashcards. Check out prelude and fugue in f minor wtk, book ii, no. Some of the preludes and fugues date from the 1720s. To discover the harmonic framework, play the first two notes in each half bar together thus. Prelude and fugue in d minor, bwv 875 bach, johann sebastian.
Prelude and fugue in f minor from welltempered clavier. Prelude and fugue in f minor, bwv 881 bach, johann sebastian movementssections movtssecs. It is the final incarnation of music first tried out by bach in the harpsichord fugue in a. Sep 12, 2012 compare the fugue of book i to the kyrie of the bminor mass. S welltempered clavier the, book 2 jando by johann sebastian bach. Give more weight to the first and third beats of each bar. Prelude and fugue in f major, bwv 856 from wtc i a guide to. It is the twelfth prelude and fugue in the second book of the welltempered clavier, a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer. Prelude and fugue in d minor, bwv 875 bach, johann sebastian movementssections movtssecs. It is the first prelude and fugue in the first book of the welltempered clavier, a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer. Prelude and fugue in fsharp minor, bwv 883 bach, johann.
Prelude and fugue in csharp minor, bwv 873, is a keyboard composition written by johann sebastian bach in 1738. Episode ii, modulating from c minor to f minor sequentially. The prelude and fugue in f minor, bwv 881, is a keyboard composition written by johann sebastian bach. The title page is missing from the manuscript, but its similarity to the first book of the welltempered clavier led editors to entitle it book ii.
The fortyeight preludes and fugues that make up the two books of the welltempered clavier were compiled at two different timesthe first book in 1722 while bach was in kothen and in 1742 in leipzig. S welltempered clavier the, book 2 landowska 19511954 wanda landowska, who continued to perform and record up to her death in 1959, was renowned as the greatest harpsichordist of the first half of the twentieth century. Bach prelude and fugue in f minor, from wtc book 1. Welltempered clavier, book 2, prelude and fugue no. Prelude and fugue in f minor, bwv 857 bach, johann sebastian movementssections movtssecs. You can hear the later, studio recording of the same piece in this video. The prelude is heavily ornamented with mordents and appoggiaturas fugue. Prelude and fugue in f minor, bwv 857 bach, johann sebastian. Leopold mozart wrote in his famous treatise on the fundamental principles of violin playing, published in 1756, that the most important element of a performance is to envision the affect of the piece. Prelude and fugue in e minor, bwv 855, is the 10th prelude and fugue for keyboard harpsichord in the first book of the well tempered clavier, composed in 1722 by johann sebastian bach. The preludes for the most part exhibit simple binary or ternary forms. Bachs prelude and fugue in a minor for organ, bwv 543 an alternate version is numbered bwv 543a is probably a product of his years as court organist to the duke of saxeweimar 17081717.
Between these two poles we have all the other colors first the yellows, oranges and ochre between c minor and d minor, all the shades of blue eflat major to e minor, the greens f major to g minor, pinks and reds aflat major to a minor, browns. The prelude ends with a twomeasure codetta, which consists of a perfect cadence in the home key. Piano sheet music book by johann sebastian bach 16851750. Nov 21, 2006 in each book, the first prelude and fugue set is in c major, followed by the next in c minor and so they ascend chromatically in major minor pairs. The welltempered clavier, bwv 846893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by johann sebastian bach. Bach, prelude and fugue fminor bwv 857 from wtci piano society. Jan 02, 2006 check out the welltempered clavier book 2. Bach, prelude and fugue in f minor wtc, book 1, played on my saxon clavichord. Prelude and fugue in f minor, from welltempered clavier book i johann sebastian bach. C major the fugue theme is played exactly 24 times. Chopin nocturne in f minor, op 55, no 1 virna kljakovic, piano duration. The prelude and fugue in c major, bwv 846, is a keyboard composition written by johann sebastian bach. Prelude and fugue f minor, bwv 857 well tempered clavier book i. For inspiration for this prelude, bach turns to the lamento of old italian opera, but after its initial phrases he imbues it with shorter, crisper note values than would be found in the works of monteverdi and cavalli.
This digital sheet music was either arranged by s staff of professional arrangers and composers or it is a new engraving of the compositions original printed arrangement. Bach prelude and fugue in f minor bwv 881 from wtc ii. This was perhaps the first prelude and fugue by bach that i first learned because i loved it after listening repeatedly to a recording by rosalyn tureck on the bbc label. Fugue no 2 in cminor, bwv 847 the welltempered clavier. The fugue is written in three parts and has 72 measures. Prelude f minor ashkenazy records this prelude in quite slow tempo, with mixed results similar koroliov and stadtfeld. Prelude and fugue in a minor, bwv 543 is a piece of organ music written by johann sebastian bach sometime around his years as court organist to the duke of saxeweimar 17081717. Bach prelude and fugue in f minor bwv 881 from wtc ii gabriele. It is interesting to hear how kimikos interpretation of the piece evolved from 20 to 2014, over.
One finds several other examples of da capo fugues among bachs leipzig works. It is the 4th prelude and fugue in book ii of the welltempered clavier prelude. The subject of this fugue consists of eighth and sixteenth notes, which with an exception of the leap of the minor sixth move stepwise up and down. At the other end of our traversal, for the final prelude and fugue in b minor, we would expect bach to produce something truly.