Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 872
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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[edit]
Prelude[edit]
The 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]
![\version "2.18.2"
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upper = \relative c' {
\clef treble
\key cis \major
\time 4/4
\tempo 4 = 80
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"
%% PRÉLUDE CBT II-3, BWV 872, ut-dièse majeur
\repeat unfold 2 { << { r16 eis gis cis~ cis4 } \\ { s4 gis16 fis gis eis } >> }
<< { r16 fis16 ais cis~ cis4 r16 fis, gis dis'~ dis4 } \\ { s4 ais16 gis ais fis s4 gis16 fis gis fis } >>
<< { r16 eis16 gis dis'~ dis4 r16 eis,16 gis cis~ cis4 } \\ { s4 gis16 fis gis fis s4 gis16 fis gis eis } >>
<< { r16 dis16 fisis ais~ ais4 r16 dis,16 gis bis~ bis4 } \\ { s4 fisis16 eis fisis dis s4 gis16 fisis gis dis } >>
<< { r16 eis16 ais cis~ cis4 r16 dis,16 ais' cis~ cis4 } \\ { s4 ais16 gis ais eis s4 ais16 gis ais dis, } >>
}
lower = \relative c {
\clef bass
\key cis \major
\time 4/4
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"
<< { gis'8 gis cis cis b b b b ais ais fis fis \repeat unfold 4 { bis } \repeat unfold 4 { cis } gis gis eis eis | ais ais ais ais gis gis dis gis | \repeat unfold 4 { gis } \repeat unfold 4 { fisis } | } \\ { \repeat unfold 3 { \repeat unfold 2 { cis4 r4 } } cis4 r4 bis r4 ais r4 dis } >>
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"BWV 872"
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\remove "Metronome_mark_engraver"
}
}
\midi { }
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/i/ei8si930bsgl3zqdplb5ashq0z4h9mv/ei8si930.png)
The arpeggios ends at m. 25, and the fugato starts, which uses the time signature of 3
8. It has three voices.[1]
![\version "2.18.2"
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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[edit]
The 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]
![\version "2.18.2"
\header {
tagline = ##f
}
\score {
\new Staff \with {
}
<<
\relative c {
\clef bass
\key cis \major
\time 4/4
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"
%% SUJET fugue CBT II-3, BWV 872, ut-dièse majeur
r8 cis8 eis cis gis' r8 fis r8 | eis16 dis cis8~ cis16 dis eis cis | fis8
}
>>
\layout {
\context { \Score \remove "Metronome_mark_engraver" }
}
\midi {}
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/m/3/m3l3193t9y4vccrtado96vlc7yihisr/m3l3193t.png)
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.