Fantasia, Preludes & Fugues BWV 541-552

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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, 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
Scoring	Score
References	Composed	BGA	NBA	BC	First Published
BWV 541	After 1712?; revised c1724	XV: 169	IV/5: 146	J22	Leipzig, 1832
BWV 542	1710-1725?	XV: 177	IV/5: 167	J42, 57, 67	Leipzig, 1833
BWV 543	After 1715?	XV: 189	IV/5: 186	J26	Vienna, 1812
BWV 543/1a			IV/5: 121
BWV 544	1727-1731	XV: 199	IV/5: 198	J27	Vienna, 1812
BWV 545	Before 1708?; revised 1712-1717?	XV: 212	IV/5: 10	J10, 51	Vienna, 1812
BWV 545a			IV/6: 77	See above
BWV 545b			IV/11: 6	See above
BWV 546	1723-1729?	XV: 218	IV/5: 35	J12, 53, 69	Vienna, 1812
BWV 547	c1719-1725?	XV: 218	IV/5: 20	J11	Vienna, 1812
BWV 548	?; revised 1727-1731	XV: 236	IV/5: 94	J19	Vienna, 1812
BWV 549	Before 1705; revised? After 1723	XXXVIII: 3	IV/5: 30	J14	Brussels, 1825
BWV 549a			IV/6: 101
BWV 550	Before 1710?	XXXVIII: 9	IV/5: 138	J21	Leipzig, 1833
BWV 551	Before 1707?	XXXVIII: 17	IV/6: 63	J25	Leipzig, 1832
BWV 552: Prelude	1739 (in Clavier-Übung III)	III: 173, 254	IV/4: 2	J16	Nuremberg, 1739
BWV 552: Fugue	1739 (in Clavier-Übung III)		IV/4: 105		Nuremberg, 1739
Music	Music Examples
Discussions	July 2009

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Title	Description	Author/Webmaster
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
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (September 2007 - July 2009) Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (October 2007)
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