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

Title Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major
Alternative title Praeludium et Fuga a tre voci
Creators Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Opus BWV 848
Instrumentation keyboard
Number of movements 2
Keys C sharp major
Composed 1722
First published 1801
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Composition types Preludes, Fugues
Period Baroque
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Praeludium
Fuga

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View Fugue (No.2) 3 viols Hitoshi Watanabe
View Fugue (No.2) 2 pianos Peter Besseling

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View Kimiko Ishizaka, piano Prelude (lossless)
Fugue (lossless)
Prelude (lossy)
Fugue (lossy)
View Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, piano Complete Performance
View Myra Hess, piano Complete Performance
View Glenn Gould, piano Complete Performance
View MIDI For Keyboard Prelude
Fugue
View MIDI For Keyboard Prelude
Fugue
View MIDI For Keyboard Prelude (harpsichord)
Fugue (harpsichord)
View MIDI For Viols (Watanabe) Fugue (transposed to C major)


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