Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871
{{Short description|Keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach}}
The Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871, is a keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach.{{cite book |last=Schulenberg |first=D. |title=The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach |publisher=Taylor and Francis |publication-place=Hoboken |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-136-09146-9 |oclc=850161385 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaYCK7-In9YC&pg=PA246 |access-date=4 December 2018 |page=246}} It is the second prelude and fugue in the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer. It was composed in 1738.{{cite web |url=http://jsbach.org/bwv871.html |title=BWV871 |website=jsbach.org}}
Prelude
The prelude, in the key of C minor, has 28 measures and is in the time signature of {{music|time|4|4}}. The prelude is not heavily ornamented, but it does contain a few trills. The piece is mainly made up of sixteenth notes and eighth notes and a few quarter notes and half notes.{{cite web |url=https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/936016 |title=Prélude No. 2 BWV 871 in C Minor |first= |last=MuseScore |website=MuseScore.com}}
Fugue
The fugue, also in the key of C minor, has 28 measures and the time signature is {{music|time|4|4}}. It consists of half notes, quarter notes, dotted eighth notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and some 32nd notes. The fugue is not heavily ornamented, and it ends in a Picardy third.{{cite web |url=https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/943546 |title=Fugue No. 2 BWV 871 in C Minor |first= |last=MuseScore |website=MuseScore.com}}
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{{Compositions for Organ, Keyboard and Lute by Johann Sebastian Bach}}
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