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- What is the difference between prelude and fugue?
- Is the title of JS Bach's collection of preludes and fugues?
- What was significant about Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues for Piano?
- Why did Bach write the preludes and fugues?
What is the difference between prelude and fugue?
As nouns the difference between prelude and fugue
is that prelude is an introductory or preliminary performance or event; a preface while fugue is (music) a contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
Is the title of JS Bach's collection of preludes and fugues?
is the title of J. S. Bach's collection of preludes and fugues issued in two volumes and demonstrating the new tuning system for keyboard instruments.
What was significant about Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues for Piano?
The 48 Preludes and Fugues are regarded as the most influential works which ultimately revolutionised western classical music. The Well-Tempered Clavier comprehensively reassessed the approach to not only the playing the keyboard, but to composition in general.
Why did Bach write the preludes and fugues?
Bach gave the title Das Wohltemperirte Clavier to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys, major and minor, dated 1722, composed "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study".
