Composition: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor |
| Alternative title | Praeludium et Fuga a 3 voci |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 851 |
| Instrumentation | keyboard |
| Number of movements | 2 |
| Keys | D 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
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
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| Praeludium | — | — | — |
| Fuga | — | — | — |
Arrangements
(No arrangements)
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
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| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score Complete Score (duplex) |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | Schirmer | 1893 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | Evgeniy E. Moshkin | 2022 | Complete Score (with fingering and tempo indication) |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | Prelude Engraving files (Lilypond) |
| view | Complete | selections | Kyle Rother | 2017 | Fugue (open score) Source File (LilyPond) |
| view | Complete | — | Peter Besseling | 2016 | Complete Score Piano 1 Piano 2 |
| view | Prelude | — | — | — | Complete Score, Piano Part Harmonium Part |
| view | Prelude | — | Farid Zehar | 2011 | Complete Score Bassoon I Bassoon II Bassoon III |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| view | — | Martha Goldstein (harpsichord) | For Keyboard (Composer) | Prelude Fugue |
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| view | — | Kimiko Ishizaka (piano) | For Keyboard (Composer) | Prelude (lossless) Fugue (lossless) Prelude (lossy) Fugue (lossy) |
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| view | — | Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano) | For Keyboard (Composer) | Complete Performance | |
| view | — | Glenn Gould (piano) | For Keyboard (Composer) | Complete Performance | |
| view | Synthesized | Prelude | For Keyboard (Castellone) | Synthesized Performance |
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