Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
This guide follows Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 (1731) in two parts: Praeludium and Fuga (fugue).
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Follow all 10 sections as they play
- IPraeludium
- II
IPraeludium0:00–5:42
A restless, melancholy prelude in 6/8, built on tightly woven scale figures in short notes, suspensions and abrupt octave leaps in the . The states the opening idea, two stretches follow, and then the arrives. Listen for the way the opening keeps returning between contrasting episodes, like a .
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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