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
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
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| 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 |
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Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Complete | Martha Goldstein, harpsichord | — | 1. Praeludium 2. Fuga |
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| View | Complete | Kimiko Ishizaka, piano | — | 1. Praeludium (lossless) 2. Fuga (lossless) 1. Praeludium (lossy) 2. Fuga (lossy) |
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| View | Complete | Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, piano | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | Complete | Glenn Gould, piano | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | Praeludium (No.1) | Paulo Elpidio A. Sampaio, piano | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Praeludium (No.1) | — | Complete Recording | ||
| View | Fuga (No.2) | Victor Eijkhout, performer | For 4 Recorders (Eijkhout) | Complete Recording | |
| View | Synthesized | Complete | For Strings (Gardner) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Praeludium (No.1) | For 3 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Praeludium (No.1) | For Keyboard (Lopes) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Fuga (No.2) | For Viols (Watanabe) | Synthesized Performance |
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