Composition: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major |
| Alternative title | Praeludium et Fuga a quattro voci |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 846 |
| Instrumentation | keyboard |
| Number of movements | 2 |
| Keys | C major |
| Composed | 1722 |
| First published | 1801 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 240 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Preludes, Fugues |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Praeludium | — | — | — |
| Fuga | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | strings | Herbert Straus Gardner |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | Peter Besseling |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | 4 flutes | Giovanni Pietro Orefice |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | 3 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | 2 guitars | J. J. Olson |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | 2 pianos | Jirapat Leetrakulnumchai |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | clarinet | Rainer Grant Roth |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | bassoon | Joseba Berrocal |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | cello viol violin viola |
Joseba Berrocal |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | guitar | Stefan Apke |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | guitar | Bernhard Manger |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | guitar | Maxime Seveleu-Dubrovnik |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | violin | Maciej Zolnowski |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | mixed chorus | Heitor Villa-Lobos |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | 4 recorders | Victor Eijkhout |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | 4 clarinets | Pablo Fernández Rojas |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | 4 bassoons | Farid Zehar |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | 4 viols | Hitoshi Watanabe |
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 | Praeludium (No.1) | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | — | Schirmer | 1898 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | — | Bärenreiter | 1957 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | — | Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2012 | Complete Score · view Fugue - Open Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | — | Kyle Rother | 2017 | Complete Score · view Engraving files (LilyPond) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for strings |
— | — | Complete Score · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · 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 |
— | — | Complete Score · view Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for 4 flutes |
Giovanni Pietro Orefice | 2022 | Complete Score and Explanation · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for 3 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score (ABB recorders) · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for 2 guitars |
Mutopia | 2017 | Complete Score · view Complete Score (a4) · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Jirapat Leetrakulnumchai | 2021 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for clarinet |
Rainer Grant Roth | 2021 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for bassoon |
Joseba Berrocal | 2020 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for cello viol violin viola |
— | — | Violin · view Viola · view Cello · view Bass Viol · view Engraving files (Finale) · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for guitar |
Vlotho: Stefan Apke | 1992 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for guitar |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for guitar |
Maxime Seveleu-Dubrovnik | 2021 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Praeludium (No.1) | Arrangement for violin |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | Arrangement for mixed chorus |
Arthur Napoleão | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view Tenor Recorder · view Bass Recorder 1 · view Bass Recorder 2 · view Greatbass Recorder · view Engraving files (MuseScore) · view |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 clarinets |
— | — | Complete Score · view Piccolo Clarinet (E) · view Clarinet 1 (B) · view Clarinet 2 (B) · view Bass Clarinet (B) · view |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 bassoons |
Farid Zehar | 2011 | Complete Score · view Bassoon 1 · view Bassoon 2 · view Bassoon 3 · view Bassoon 4 · view |
| view | Fuga (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 viols |
— | — | Complete Score · view Thematic analysis score · view Treble Viol 1 · view Treble Viol 2 · view Tenor Viol · view Bass Viol · view Engraving files (MusicXML) · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Martha Goldstein (harpsichord) | — | 1. Praeludium · file 2. Fuga · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Kimiko Ishizaka (piano) | — | 1. Praeludium (lossless) · file 2. Fuga (lossless) · file 1. Praeludium (lossy) · file 2. Fuga (lossy) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Glenn Gould (piano) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Praeludium (No.1) | Paulo Elpidio A. Sampaio (piano) | — | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Praeludium (No.1) | — | Complete Recording · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Fuga (No.2) | Victor Eijkhout (performer) | For 4 Recorders (Eijkhout) | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | For Strings (Gardner) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Praeludium (No.1) | For 3 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Praeludium (No.1) | For Keyboard (Lopes) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Fuga (No.2) | For Viols (Watanabe) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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