Composition: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor |
| Alternative title | Praeludium et Fuga a 3 voci |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 853 |
| Instrumentation | keyboard |
| Number of movements | 2 |
| Keys | E flat minor |
| Composed | 1722 |
| First published | 1801 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Preludes, Fugues |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | Peter Besseling |
| view | Prelude | 8 recorders | Jaap Wiebes |
| view | Prelude | guitar | Daniel Birns |
| view | Prelude | piano | Richard Burmeister |
| view | Prelude | violin | Nikola Ciganovic |
| view | Fugue | orchestra | Hak Koon Yeoh |
| view | Fugue | 3 guitars | Anton Höger |
| view | Fugue | 3 viols | Bernhard Manger |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Complete Score (duplex) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Schirmer | 1893 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Universal Edition | 1912 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Prelude · view Fugue · view Engraving files (Lilypond) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2012 | Fugue ( E flat minor , enharmonic transposition) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2012 | Fugue (Open score, D sharp minor ) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Kyle Rother | 2017 | Fugue (open score) · view Source File (LilyPond) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro's Sheet Music Library | — | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Peter Besseling | 2016 | Complete Score · view Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Peter Besseling | 2016 | Complete Score (transposed to D minor ) · view Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Prelude | Arrangement for 8 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prelude | Arrangement for guitar |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Prelude | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Color Cover · view |
| view | Prelude | Arrangement for violin |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Fugue | Arrangement for orchestra |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Fugue | Arrangement for 3 guitars |
— | — | Complete Score · view Guitar 1 · view Guitar 2 · view Guitar 3 · view |
| view | Fugue | Arrangement for 3 viols |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano) | — | Complete Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | Kimiko Ishizaka (piano) | — | Prelude (lossless) · file Fugue (lossless) · file Prelude (lossy) · file Fugue (lossy) · file |
| view | Synthesized | Glenn Gould (piano) | — | Complete Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | For Keyboard (Castellone) | Prelude · file Fugue · file |
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| view | Synthesized | For Flute | Synthesized Performance · file |
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