“Kleine Fugue”

“Kleine Fugue”
[Little fugues]

The little fugues, often added to the different editions of the preludes and fugues, are separate pieces that appear in different collections of manuscripts.

The little fugue BWV 952 can be found in various collections of handwritten copies while BMV 953 forms part of the “Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach”; the little fugue BWV 961, whose authenticity is sometimes disputed, is most probably an early work composed when J.S. Bach was in Arnstadt.

To see the manuscript copies:

Fugue BWV 952

Suiten und Fugen / von J.S. Bach. (pp. 66-67)

Fuga à 3 BWV 953

"Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" (pp. 34v-36r)

 
Fuga di J.S. Bach BWV 961:

A.D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 804, Faszikel 1
B. Manuscript

                                                                                                    Tullio Forlenza