Prelude in D minor (WTC II No. 6), BWV 875
This guide follows Bach’s Prelude in D minor (WTC II No. 6), BWV 875 (1740) in one part (ternary form).
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A restless D minor prelude in 3/4 where fast notes run almost without a break, passed between the hands, which sometimes cross. I starts the piece and covers nearly all of it. About halfway through it the opening idea comes back a fifth higher, in the , so the music falls into two halves. The short II: brings the running figures to a .
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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