Johann Sebastian Bach
Small Preludes and Fughettas

About Johann Sebastian Bach's Small Preludes and Fughettas

Collections of short keyboard preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach have been around since the 18th century. For instance, the Six Preludes, BWV 933–938 were probably arranged by Bach himself in systematic order according to key and difficulty.

The Twelve Little Preludes were a 19th-century compilation extracted from two manuscripts, the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and the Kellner Collection of the Berlin State Library, both with dozens of works by various composers and written down by multiple known and unknown scribes. In the 20th century, Ferruccio Busoni combined the Twelve Little Preludes with the Six Little Preludes, BWV 933–938 into a set of 18.

The probable date of origin of most of these pieces is around the first half of the 1720s, that is the period of Bach's later years in Köthen and his first years as Thomaskantor in Leipzig.

The little fugues and the preludes with fughettas take the player a step further; they were used in Bach's circle as preparation for the more difficult works of the Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
Small Prelude BWV 924 in C Major by Bach piano sheet music AAB Small Prelude BWV 924 1 C Major 1720 4
Small Prelude BWV 925 in D Major by Bach piano sheet music AAC Small Prelude BWV 925 7 D Major 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 926 in D Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAD Small Prelude BWV 926 8 D Minor 1720 4
Small Prelude BWV 927 in F Major by Bach piano sheet music AAE Small Prelude BWV 927 17 F Major 1720 4
Small Prelude BWV 928 in F Major by Bach piano sheet music AAF Small Prelude BWV 928 17 F Major 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 929 in G Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAG Small Prelude BWV 929 24 G Minor 1720 4
Small Prelude BWV 930 in G Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAH Small Prelude BWV 930 24 G Minor 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 931 in A Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAI Small Prelude BWV 931 30 A Minor 1720 5
Small Prelude (Incomplete) BWV 932 in E Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAJ Small Prelude (Incomplete) BWV 932 14 E Minor 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 933 in C Major by Bach piano sheet music AAK Small Prelude BWV 933 1 C Major 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 934 in C Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAL Small Prelude BWV 934 2 C Minor 1720 4
Small Prelude BWV 935 in D Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAM Small Prelude BWV 935 8 D Minor 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 936 in D Major by Bach piano sheet music AAN Small Prelude BWV 936 7 D Major 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 937 in E Major by Bach piano sheet music AAO Small Prelude BWV 937 13 E Major 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 938 in E Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAP Small Prelude BWV 938 14 E Minor 1720 5
Small Prelude BWV 939 in C Major by Bach piano sheet music AAQ Small Prelude BWV 9391 C Major 1727 3
Small Prelude BWV 940 in D Major by Bach piano sheet music AAR Small Prelude BWV 940 7 D Major 1717 5
Small Prelude BWV 941 in E Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAS Small Prelude BWV 941 14 E Minor 1717 4
Small Prelude BWV 942 in A Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAT Small Prelude BWV 942 30 A Minor 1717 5
Small Prelude BWV 943 in C Major by Bach piano sheet music AAU Small Prelude BWV 943 1 C Major 1717 5
Small Prelude BWV 999 in C Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAV Small Prelude BWV 999 2 C Minor 1725 5
Fugue BWV 952 in C Major by Bach piano sheet music AAW Fugue BWV 952 1 C Major 1723 7
Fugue BWV 953 in C Major by Bach piano sheet music AAX Fugue BWV 953 1 C Major 1723 8
Fughetta BWV 961 in C Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAY Fughetta BWV 961 2 C Minor 1712 5
Prelude & Fugue BWV 895 in A Minor by Bach piano sheet music AAZ Prelude & Fugue BWV 895 30 A Minor 1709 5
Prelude & Fughetta BWV 899 in D Minor by Bach piano sheet music ABA Prelude & Fughetta BWV 899 8 D Minor 1726 5
Prelude & Fughetta BWV 900 in E Minor by Bach piano sheet music ABB Prelude & Fughetta BWV 900 14 E Minor 1726 5
Prelude & Fughetta BWV 901 in F Major by Bach piano sheet music ABC Prelude & Fughetta BWV 90117 F Major 1708 7
Prelude & Fughetta BWV 902 in G Major by Bach piano sheet music ABD Prelude & Fughetta BWV 90223 G Major 1708 7