Prelude And Fugue In C Major, BWV 846 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 is the opening pair of Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, from 1722. The frozen title names both prelude and fugue. The C-major opening has a clear, almost instructional calm: a pattern that keeps unfolding until the fugue gathers it into stricter conversation. That pairing is the work's public identity, even when a later score extracts only one half. The selected catalog source is titled Fugue I in C major, BWV 846 - Well Tempered Clavier [First Book]. This page does not treat that listing as coverage of the complete prelude-and-fugue pair.
About Prelude And Fugue In C Major, BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 is the opening pair of Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, from 1722. The frozen title names both prelude and fugue.
The C-major opening has a clear, almost instructional calm: a pattern that keeps unfolding until the fugue gathers it into stricter conversation. That pairing is the work's public identity, even when a later score extracts only one half.
The selected catalog source is titled Fugue I in C major, BWV 846 - Well Tempered Clavier [First Book]. This page does not treat that listing as coverage of the complete prelude-and-fugue pair.