Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
- Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
"The Great" Prelude and Fugue in A minor", BWV 543 (an alternate version is numbered BWV 543a) is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime around his years as court organist to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1708-1717). It is the final incarnation of Bach's in the harpsichord Fugue in A minor, BWV 944, written in 1708.
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Prelude
The Prelude starts out with a long introduction, introducing the chromatic, almost descending subject, then goes off into a flurry of intricate arpeggios over a long pedal-point. The build up is then interrupted by a virtous run in the harmonic minor, then a grinding tremolo of a mix of the b diminished chord, and the c augmented chord. A stop and go pattern of chromatic runs, downward arpeggios, and pedal solos based on the opening sequence ensue. The Toccata-like prelude bears the marks of Bach's early, north German-influenced style, while the fugue could be considered a later product of Bach's maturity.
Fugue
The fugue is in 6/8 time, unlike the prelude, which is in 4/4 time.The Fugue ends in one of Bach's most Toccata-like, virtuosic cadenzas in the harmonic minor.
Liszt's Transcription
Because of the piece's overall Rhapsodic nature, most Organists can play this piece in any tempo they want, and it can be easily transcribed to a different instrument. This is exactly what Liszt did. Liszt transcribed many of Bach's works to Piano.
External links
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* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~mike/scores/liszt/bwv543/index2.pdf PDF of Liszt's Piano transcription of BWV 543]
* [http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/work_classical.cgi?WORKID=058945&TMPL=long&type=cl Musicmatch guide review on BWV 543.] Musicmatch Guide, classical edition has album reviews and musical reviews on almost all works of J.S. Bach and many other classical composers
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