Talk:Eight Short Preludes and Fugues

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In the Brieitkopf & Härtel Edition edited by Heinz Lohmann, the German title he gives to the work is Acht kleine Präludien und Fugen, and the English title Eight little Preludes and Fugues. While the use of "klein", "kleine", and "kleinen" all denote "small" or "little" in German, the use of "little" as the translation of "kleine" is perhaps more accurate.

Lohmann also puts forth the following information in the 1982 edition that might be desired to be incorporated into the article:

• The original manuscript bears the title VIII PRAELUDIA èd VIII FUGEN di J.S. BACH (?), with the question mark being added in the early part of the 18th century.

• K. Tittel refuted the claim that the work was written by Johann Tobias Krebs or by his son, Johann Ludwig Krebs.

• P. Kast, claimed that the manuscript belonged to on of J.S.Bach’s last pupils, Johann Christian Kittel, with the handwriting being that of Johann Christoph Georg Bach, son of Johann Andreas Bach, son of Johann Christoph Bach, J.S. Bach’s eldest brother.

• The Brieitkopf & Härtel Edition continues to print Johann Sebastian Bach as the composer of the work, though they as a publishing firm do not claim or deny its authorship being so.

• The work contains eight preludes and eight fugues pairs together by key:
  • Präludium and Fuge in C (BWV 553)
  • Präludium and Fuge in d (BWV 554)
  • Präludium and Fuge in e (BWV 555)
  • Präludium and Fuge in F (BWV 556)
  • Präludium and Fuge in G (BWV 557)
  • Präludium and Fuge in g (BWV 558)
  • Präludium and Fuge in a (BWV 559)
  • Präludium and Fuge in b (BWV 560)

• The stepwise cyclical of modes is indicative of the solmisation tonal system used around the time of 1700 by composers like Buxtehude, Fischer, and Kuhnau.

I have played two of the eight, and might be able to record some of each for a media file.

WeberC

[edit] Merge from Short Prelude and Fugue in G Minor

This stub about the G minor fugue should receive its own section within this article. Perhaps we should add a similar section for each of the other fugues in the set.--Bje2089 22:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)