Well-Tempered Clavier (24 preludes and fugues)

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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

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Opus:BWV 855
Key:E minor
Composed: 1722
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  • prelude and fugue
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    [MIDI ←] Prelude and Fugue in e minor, BWV 855
    [MIDI ←] Prelude and Fugue in e minor, BWV 855
    [MIDI ←] Prelude and Fugue in e minor, BWV 855
    [MIDI ←] Fugue in e minor, BWV 855
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    [details ←] The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book1 BWV 846-869 - 24 preludes/fugues , jazz band, woodwind quartet, sax, saxophone quartet, saxophone, , choral, vocal,
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