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Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 872, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the third prelude and fugue in the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, a series of 48 preludes and fugues in every major and minor key.
Analysis
editPrelude
editThe prelude is in common time and has 50 measures, built upon the characteristic arpeggios similar to the famous C major prelude from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier until the fugato.[1]
The arpeggios ends at m. 25, and the fugato starts, which uses the time signature of 3
8. It has three voices.[1]
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Mordaesq = { \tag #'print { gis4~_\mordent_\markup { \natural } } \tag #'midi { gis32 fis gis16~ gis8~ } }
Mordeesq = { \tag #'print { dis4~_\mordent_\markup { \natural } } \tag #'midi { dis32 cis dis16~ dis8~ } }
upper = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key cis \major
\time 3/8
\tempo 8 = 152
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"
%\context Score \applyContext #(set-bar-number-visibility 2)
\set Score.currentBarNumber = #25
\bar ""
%% PRÉLUDE CBT II-3, BWV 872, ut-dièse majeur
\bar "||"
< gis dis bis >8^\markup{Allegro} dis16[ cis dis \tempo 8 = 120 eis] \tempo 8 = 40 \grace eis8 \tempo 8 = 152 fis4.~ fis8 eis-! ais-! dis,8 \Mordaesq gis8 fis16 eis fis gis eis4. dis8 gis16 fisis gis ais bis
}
lower = \relative c {
\clef bass
\key cis \major
\time 3/8
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"
<< { gis'8 r8 r8 | r8 ais16 gis ais \tempo 8 = 120 bis \tempo 8 = 40 \grace bis8 \tempo 8 = 152 cis4.~ cis8 bis eis ais, \Mordeesq dis8 \stemDown \change Staff = "upper" cis4~ cis8 \change Staff = "lower" \stemUp bis16 ais bis cis dis8 } \\ { gis,,8 r8 r8 R4.*4 r8 eis'16 dis eis fis gis4.~ gis8 } >>
}
thePianoStaff = \new PianoStaff <<
\set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #""
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
\score {
\keepWithTag #'print \thePianoStaff
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\remove "Metronome_mark_engraver"
}
}
}
\score {
\keepWithTag #'midi \thePianoStaff
\midi { }
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/u/3udpr4e82qkt9zutbqtei3vbmnx5x8h/3udpr4e8.png)
Fugue
editThe fugue has three voices and 35 measures.[1] The subject is simply made from notes from the major triad, but has mutated many times throughout the whole fugue.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Bach: Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C♯ major, BWV 872 Analysis". Tonic Chord. 2018-05-08.
- ^ Ledbetter (2002), pp. 249–251
Bibliography
edit- Riemann, Hugo (1890). Analysis of J.S. Bach's Wohltemperirtes Clavier : (48 preludes & fugues). Vol. 2. Translated by Shedlock, John South. London: Augener & Co.
- Ledbetter, David (2002). Bach's Well-tempered Clavier: The 48 Preludes and Fugues. Yale University Press.