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Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor (WTC II), BWV 891

17423 min

This guide follows Bach’s Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor (WTC II), BWV 891 (1742) in two parts: Prelude (ternary form) and Fugue (fugue).

Recording: Angela Hewitt (piano) (2000)

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Follow all 8 sections as they play

  1. IPrelude · Ternary form
  2. IIFugue · Fugue
IPreludeTernary form0:04–1:17

A closely woven three-voice prelude, almost a , in which the main ideas are packed into the opening and then reshuffled. It falls into four Periods, I to IV. The sees the upper voices climb over a held bass note, and they finally reach the major for the last chord.

  1. I
  2. II
IIFugueFugue1:18–3:18

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johann Sebastian BachKeyboardBaroque periodB-flat minorTernary formFugue

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