Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998, is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach for clavier. The organist Wilhelm Tappert claimed in 1900 that the composition was for lute solo, but present research indicates that this is not the case.[1] The piece was written in the first half of the 1740s.[2]
Movements
The movements in this piece are:
Prelude
The Prelude is similar to the Well-Tempered Clavier (the second book of which dates from around the same time as this work), in which there are many arpeggios.[2] There is a pause in the motion, when just before the coda, there is a fermata over a third-inversion seventh chord with a rich suspension.[2]
Fugue
The Fugue is one of only three that Bach wrote in ternary form, with an exact repetition of its contrapuntally active opening section framing a texturally contrasting central section.[3]
Allegro
The Allegro is a binary form dance with 16th notes.[2]
Arrangement for guitar
Arranged for guitar, it is usually played in D major with a Drop D tuning. Julian Bream played it in a BBC2 broadcast on television in early 1978 at the All Saints chapel of Wardour Castle, when he announced it as "of vital importance". In 1994 he recorded it on his album Bach Guitar Recital.[4]
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Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998
1. Prelude
 2. Fugue
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References
- ↑ Titmuss, Clive, ""The Myth of Bach's Lute Suites", in Classical Guitar website, accessed 27 April 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in Eb for Lute, BWV998 - Classical Archives".
- ↑ "A Fugue in Ternary Form by J.S. Bach (BWV 998)".
- ↑ "Bach Guitar Recital". Discogs. Retrieved September 2014.
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