“Kleine Præludien mit Fughetten”
“Kleine Præludien mit Fughetten”
[Little Preludes and Fughettas]
These are the most complex works of the entire selection, and are the ones which act as a ‘bridge’ to the subsequent compositions.
Most notably, the prelude and fugue BWV 895 is already a composition with a more lofty language from the point of view of the prelude’s rhythmic variety and also because of the four voices in the fugue: vice versa for prelude and fugue BWV 899 which has four voices in the prelude and three in the fugue.
The Prelude and Fugue BWV 900 distinguishes itself by the breadth and quality of its development while Prelude and Fugue BWV 902 boasts two different Preludes composed for the same fugue but at different times, and the fugue itself which will later be reworked to be included in the second volume of the “Wohltemperierte Clavier” [Well-Tempered Clavier] BWV 884.
01. | Praeludium cum Fuga in A b. di J.S.Bach | in A Min. | BWV 895 |
02. | Prelude in D b. Fughetta | in D Min. | BWV 899 |
03. | Praeludium. Fuga (P804) Praeludium. Fugetta (P1089) |
in E Min. | BWV 900 |
04. | Præludium. Fugetta (P804) Præludium con Fughetta (P1089) |
in G Maj. in G Maj. |
BWV 902/1a 902/2 BWV 902 |
To see the manuscript copies:
Præludium cum Fuga in A b. di J.S.Bach in A Min. BWV 895
A. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 804, Faszikel 9
B. Manuscript
Præludium in D b. Fughetta in D Min. BWV 899
A. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 1089
B. Manuscript
Præludium. Fuga (P804) in E Min. BWV 900
A. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 804, Faszikel 38
B. Manuscript
Præludium. Fugetta (P1089) in E Min. BWV 900
A. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 1089
B. Manuscript
Præludium. Fugetta (P804) in G Maj. BWV 902/1a 902/2
A. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 804, Faszikel 5
B. Manuscript
Præludium con Fuga (P1089) in G Maj. BWV 902
A. D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 1089
B. Manuscript
To see the complete collections of manuscripts:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung mit Mendelssohn-Archiv: |
[Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage, Music Department with Mendelssohn archive] |
Tullio Forlenza