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Fantasia, Preludes & Fugues BWV 541-552 |
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German Title |
Fantasie, Präludium und Fuge |
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English Title |
Fantasia, Prelude & Fugue |
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French Title |
Fantaisie, Prelude et fugue |
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Spanish Title |
Fantasía, Preludio y fuga |
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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, 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) |
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First Published |
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BWV 541 |
After 1712?; revised c1724 |
XV: 169 |
IV/5: 146 |
J22 |
Leipzig, 1832 |
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BWV 542 |
1710-1725? |
XV: 177 |
IV/5: 167 |
J42, 57, 67 |
Leipzig, 1833 |
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BWV 543 |
After 1715? |
XV: 189 |
IV/5: 186 |
J26 |
Vienna, 1812 |
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BWV 543/1a |
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IV/5: 121 |
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BWV 544 |
1727-1731 |
XV: 199 |
IV/5: 198 |
J27 |
Vienna, 1812 |
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BWV 545 |
Before 1708?; revised 1712-1717? |
XV: 212 |
IV/5: 10 |
J10, 51 |
Vienna, 1812 |
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BWV 545a |
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IV/6: 77 |
See above |
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BWV 545b |
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IV/11: 6 |
See above |
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BWV 546 |
1723-1729? |
XV: 218 |
IV/5: 35 |
J12, 53, 69 |
Vienna, 1812 |
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BWV 547 |
c1719-1725? |
XV: 218 |
IV/5: 20 |
J11 |
Vienna, 1812 |
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BWV 548 |
?; revised 1727-1731 |
XV: 236 |
IV/5: 94 |
J19 |
Vienna, 1812 |
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BWV 549 |
Before 1705; revised? After 1723 |
XXXVIII: 3 |
IV/5: 30 |
J14 |
Brussels, 1825 |
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BWV 549a |
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IV/6: 101 |
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BWV 550 |
Before 1710? |
XXXVIII: 9 |
IV/5: 138 |
J21 |
Leipzig, 1833 |
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BWV 551 |
Before 1707? |
XXXVIII: 17 |
IV/6: 63 |
J25 |
Leipzig, 1832 |
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BWV 552: Prelude |
1739 (in Clavier-Übung III) |
III: 173, 254 |
IV/4: 2 |
J16 |
Nuremberg, 1739 |
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BWV 552: Fugue |
1739 (in Clavier-Übung III) |
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IV/4: 105 |
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Nuremberg, 1739 |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 |
Composition Description |
John Palmer / AMG |
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Fantasia and Fugue, for organ in G minor ("Great"), BWV 542 |
Composition Description |
Blair Johnston / AMG |
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Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 |
Very Short Article |
Wikipedia |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in A minor "The Great," BWV 543 |
Composition Description |
Blair Johnston / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in B minor, BWV 544 |
Composition Description |
John Palmer / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C major, BWV 545 |
Composition Description |
Shawn Mire / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C minor, BWV 546 |
Composition Description |
Blair Johnston / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C major, BWV 547 |
Composition Description |
John Palmer / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in E minor ("Wedge"), BWV 548 |
Composition Description |
James Reel / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C minor ("Arnstadt"), BWV 549 |
Composition Description |
Robert Cummings / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 550 |
Composition Description |
Robert Cummings / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in A minor, BWV 551 |
Composition Description |
Robert Cummings / AMG |
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Prelude and Fugue, for organ in E flat major ("St. Anne;" Clavier-Übung III/26), BWV 552 |
Composition Description |
Michael Jameson / AMG |
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Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Nos.7-12, BWV 537-542 |
Various Scores |
IMSLP |
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Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Nos.13-18, BWV 543-548 |
Various Scores |
IMSLP |
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Preludes and Fugues for Organ, BWV 549-560 |
Various Scores |
IMSLP |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (September 2007 - July 2009)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (October 2007) |
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Fantasia, Preludes & Fugues BWV 541-552 : Details |
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