6 Kleine Präludien, BWV 933-938 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Prelude in E major, BWV 937 (No.5)

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5 more: 2. Prelude in C minor, BWV 934 • 3. Prelude in D minor, BWV 935 • 4. Prelude in D major, BWV 936 • 5. Prelude in E major, BWV 937 • 6. Prelude in E minor, BWV 938

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Prelude in D major, BWV 936 (No.4)

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Michrond (2012/4/26)

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Worov (2010/4/19)

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Publisher. Info. Compositions pour le Pianoforte, Liv.7
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Peter (2007/1/17)

Editor Ernst Naumann (1832-1910)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 36 (pp.128-33)
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Editor Tamás Zászkaliczky (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Budapest: Könemann Music, 1994. Plate K 110.
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5 more: 2. Prelude in C minor, BWV 934 • 3. Prelude in D minor, BWV 935 • 4. Prelude in D major, BWV 936 • 5. Prelude in E major, BWV 937 • 6. Prelude in E minor, BWV 938

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Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2012
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Editor Nels Drue Daily
Publisher. Info. ND Music Edition, No.019, 2012.
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For Harp (Renié)

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Arranger Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
Publisher. Info. 10 Pièces transcrites pour harpe (Nos.4, 8, 3)
Paris: Louis Rouhier, 1914. Plate LR. 379.
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General Information

Work Title 6 Kleine Präludien
Alternative. Title 6 Little Preludes "zur Anfanger auf dem Clavier"
Name Translations Seks små preludium; Seis Pequeños Preludios BWV 933-938; Six Little Preludes; Sei piccoli preludi per clavicembalo; Zes kleine preludes; Six little preludes; Six Petits Préludes; Sis petits preludis (Bach)
Name Aliases Zes kleine preludes (J.S. Bach)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176625576; LCCN: nr94023646; GND: 300010443; BNF: 140085648; NLA: 35899781; BNE: XX3385920
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 933–938 ; BC L 64–69
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 350
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 preludes:
  1. Little Prelude in C major, BWV 933
  2. Little Prelude in C minor, BWV 934
  3. Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 935
  4. Little Prelude in D major, BWV 936
  5. Little Prelude in E major, BWV 937
  6. Little Prelude in E minor, BWV 938
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1717-20 ca.
First Publication. 1802
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation keyboard (harpsichord)
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
Mss copy, ca.1820 possibly by Joseph Proksch (CZ-Pu, 59 R 2515)
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Sechs Kleine Præludien, J. N. Forkel & J. C. Kittel Collection. Are these known with certainty to be by Bach? Apparently all available sources are from after 1750, and contain un-Bach-like keyboard writing and "intervention" (possibly improvements by e.g. C.P.E. Bach) besides (in the opinion of R.D.P. Jones, The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume II: 1717-1750: Music to Delight the Spirit, volume 2, p.241 (who does not raise a question of authenticity but does make those other points...) - Schissel

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See Also
List of Intermediate Piano Repertoire
Keyboard Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
French Overture, BWV 831
Italian Concerto, BWV 971