Organ & keyboard
Baroque · 1740

Prelude and Fugue in C

J. S. BachBWV 547

Key
C
Time
9/8
Tempo
♩=80
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Prelude in 9/8 + Fugue in 4/4. Late-Leipzig writing with invertible counterpoint.

Teaching points

  • Compound 9/8 prelude — pastoral feel
  • Invertible counterpoint
  • Diploma-standard organ piece
Full score ↓Public domain

Bach-Gesellschaft + Peters, public domain.

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