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Topic: Bach - Prelude and Fugue in b-flat minor, BWV891 (WTCII)  (Read 12194 times)

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Bach - Prelude and Fugue in b-flat minor, BWV891 (WTCII)
on: November 13, 2012, 02:23:41 PM
the large prelude and fugue in b-flat minor from the second book - the prelude is a three-voiced sinfonia type piece, that is really the paragon of elegance and grace - a gallant quality easy to forget sometimes in bach. the fugue is another enormous example of bach going through all the contrapuntal possibilities - the first exposition is followed by a stretto expostion; then an inverted exposition is followed by an inverted stretto; then recto and inversio are given together in stretto. a systematic plan like that of the a minor from book I, or d# minor of book I. the rhythm is quite complex, the voices chromatic, and it is on the whole very very difficult!


prelude and fugue in b-flat minor from book I:
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