Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Title Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major
Alternative title Praeludium et Fuga a 3 voci
Creators Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Opus BWV 854
Instrumentation keyboard
Number of movements 2
Keys E major
Composed 1722
First published 1801
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Composition types Preludes, Fugues
Period Baroque
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Metronome Key Measures
Praeludium — — —
Fuga — — —

Arrangements

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View Complete 2 pianos Peter Besseling
View Complete 3 viols Bernhard Manger
View Prelude 3 recorders R.D. Tennent
View Prelude organ William Arthur Goldsworthy
View Prelude guitar Edson Lopes
View Prelude guitar Colette Mourey
View Fugue 3 bassoons Farid Zehar

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete — Manuscript copy — Complete Score
View Complete — — — Complete Score
Complete Score (duplex)
View Complete — — — Complete Score
View Complete — Schirmer 1893 Complete Score
View Complete — Kyle Rother 2017 Fugue (open score)
Source File (LilyPond)
View Complete Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Peter Besseling
Peter Besseling 2016 Complete Score
Piano 1
Piano 2
View Complete Arrangement for 3 viols
by Bernhard Manger
— — Complete Score
Complete Parts
View Prelude Arrangement for 3 recorders
by R.D. Tennent
— — Complete Score
View Prelude Arrangement for organ
by William Arthur Goldsworthy
J. Fischer & Brother 1951 Complete Score
View Prelude Arrangement for guitar
by Edson Lopes
— — Complete Score
View Prelude Arrangement for guitar
by Colette Mourey
— — Complete Score
View Fugue Arrangement for 3 bassoons
by Farid Zehar
Farid Zehar 2011 Complete Score
Bassoon I
Bassoon II
Bassoon III

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionPerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View — Kimiko Ishizaka, piano — Prelude (lossless)
Fugue (lossless)
Prelude (lossy)
Fugue (lossy)
View — Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, piano — Complete Performance
View MIDI Prelude For 3 Recorders (Tennent) Synthesized Performance


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