Fantasia, Preludes & Fugues BWV 541-552

German Title:

Fantasie, Präludium und Fuge

English Title:

Fantasia, Prelude & Fugue

French Title:

Fantaisie, Prelude et fugue

Spanish Title:

Fantasía, Preludio y fuga

Works:

Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 541
Fantasia & Fugue in G minor ("Great"), BWV 542
Fugue in G minor, BWV 542a [alternative version of the fugue from BWV 542]
Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543
Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 545
Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 545a [alternative version of BWV 545]
Prelude, Trio & Fugue in B flat major, BWV 545b [alternative version of BWV 545; the Trio is an arrangement of the finale of BWV 1029; some parts possibly by Johann Tobias Krebs]
Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 547
Prelude & Fugue in E minor ("Wedge"), BWV 548
Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 549
Prelude & Fugue in C minor ("Arnstadt"), BWV 549a
Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 550
Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 551
Prelude & Fugue in E flat major ("St. Anne"), BWV 552 (in Clavier-Übung III)

Scoring:

Organ

Score

References:

BWV 541:

Composed: After 1712?; revised c1724 | BGA: XV: 169 | NBA: IV/5: 146 | BC: J22 | First Published: Leipzig, 1832

BWV 542:

Composed: 1710-1725? | BGA: XV: 177 | NBA: IV/5: 167 | BC: J42, 57, 67 | First Published: Leipzig, 1833

BWV 543:

Composeed: After 1715? | BGA: XV: 189 | NBA: IV/5: 186 | BC: J26 | First Published: Vienna, 1812

BWV 543/1a:

Composed: | BGA: | NBA: IV/5: 121 | BC: | First Published:

BWV 544:

Composed: 1727-1731 | BGA: XV: 199 | NBA: IV/5: 198 | BC: J27 | First Published: Vienna, 1812

BWV 545:

Composed: Before 1708?; revised 1712-1717? | BGA: XV: 212 | NBA: IV/5: 10 | BC: J10, 51 | First Published: Vienna, 1812

BWV 545a:

Composed: | BGA: | NBA: IV/6: 77 | BC: See above | First Published:

BWV 545b:

Composed: | BGA: | NBA: IV/11: 6 | BC: See above | First Published:

BWV 546:

Composed: 1723-1729? | BGA: XV: 218 | NBA: IV/5: 35 | BC: J12, 53, 69 | First Published: Vienna, 1812

BWV 547:

Composed: c1719-1725? | BGA: XV: 218 | NBA: IV/5: 20 | BC: J11 | First Published: Vienna, 1812

BWV 548:

Composed: ?; revised 1727-1731 | BGA: XV: 236 | NBA: IV/5: 94 | BC: J19 | First Published: Vienna, 1812

BWV 549:

Composed: Before 1705; revised? After 1723 | BGA: XXXVIII: 3 | NBA: IV/5: 30 | BC: J14 | First Published: Brussels, 1825

BWV 549a:

Composed: | BGA: | NBA: IV/6: 101 | BC: | First Published:

BWV 550

Composed: Before 1710? | BGA: XXXVIII: 9 | NBA: IV/5: 138 | BC: J21 | First Published: Leipzig, 1833

BWV 551

Composed: Before 1707? | BGA: XXXVIII: 17 | NBA: IV/6: 63 | BC: J25 | First Published: Leipzig, 1832

BWV 552: Prelude

Composed: 1739 (in Clavier-Übung III) | BGA: III: 173, 254 | NBA: IV/4: 2 | BC: J16 | First Published: Nuremberg, 1739

BWV 552: Fugue

Composed: 1739 (in Clavier-Übung III) | BGA: | NBA: IV/4: 105 | BC: | First Published: Nuremberg, 1739

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

July 2009

Contents

Recordings | Reviews | Discussions | Articles | Links

Recordings

Reviews

Discussions

General Discussions: Part 1

Articles

Links

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541, Composition Description (John Palmer / AMG)

Fantasia and Fugue, for organ in G minor ("Great"), BWV 542, Composition Description (Blair Johnston / AMG)

Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, Very Short Article (Wikipedia)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in A minor "The Great," BWV 543, Composition Description (Blair Johnston / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in B minor, BWV 544, Composition Description (John Palmer / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C major, BWV 545, Composition Description (Shawn Mire / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C minor, BWV 546, Composition Description (Blair Johnston / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C major, BWV 547, Composition Description (John Palmer / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in E minor ("Wedge"), BWV 548, Composition Description (James Reel / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C minor ("Arnstadt"), BWV 549, Composition Description (Robert Cummings / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 550, Composition Description (Robert Cummings / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in A minor, BWV 551, Composition Description (Robert Cummings / AMG)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in E flat major ("St. Anne;" Clavier-Übung III/26), BWV 552, Composition Description (Michael Jameson / AMG)

Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Nos.7-12, BWV 537-542, Various Scores (IMSLP)

Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Nos.13-18, BWV 543-548, Various Scores (IMSLP)

Preludes and Fugues for Organ, BWV 549-560, Various Scores (IMSLP)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (September 2007 - February 2019)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (October 2007)