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Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932

c. 1720–1726 · BWV³ Suppl 1, p. 636 [nos. 1 (alternative version), 2, 8–9]

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Total duration: 9'

1. C major, BWV 924
1. C major, BWV 924 (alternative version)
2. D major, BWV 925
3. D minor, BWV 926
4. F major, BWV 927
5. F major, BWV 928
6. G minor, BWV 929
7. G minor, BWV 930
8. A minor, BWV 931
9. E minor, BWV 932

Recommended editions

Neue Bach-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · V, 5 · BA 5021-01 · Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann · ed. Wolfgang Plath [including alternative version of BWV 924]
Associated Board · A Little Keyboard Book · ed. Richard Jones [including alternative version of BWV 924]
Bärenreiter · BA 5163 · Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach · ed. Wolfgang Plath [including alternative version of BWV 924]
Henle · HN 106 · Kleine Präludien und Fughetten · ed. Rudolf Steglich [BWV 924–928 and 930–931]
Henle · HN 107 · Kleine Präludien und Fughetten · ed. Rudolf Steglich [BWV 924–928 and 930–931]
Henle · HN 1106 · Kleine Präludien und Fughetten · ed. Rudolf Steglich [BWV 924–928 and 930–931]
Peters · EP 11502 · Clavier-Büchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach · ed. Christoph Wolff [including alternative version of BWV 924]
Peters · EP 11510 · Kleine Präludien, Fugen und Fughetten · ed. Christoph Wolff [BWV 924–928 and 930–932, including alternative version of BWV 924, and completion of BWV 932 by Robert Levin]
Wiener Urtext · UT 50041 · Kleine Präludien und Fughetten · ed. Walter Dehnhard [BWV 924–928 and 930]

1. C major, BWV 924

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 1.5

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 1. C major, BWV 924

1. C major, BWV 924 (alternative version)

This prelude exists in an alternative version (BWV^1,2,2a 924a), which was probably composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (BR-WFB A 44).

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 1.5

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 1. C major, BWV 924 (alternative version)

2. D major, BWV 925

This prelude was probably composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (BR-WFB A 45).

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 2

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 2. D major, BWV 925

3. D minor, BWV 926

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 1.5

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 3. D minor, BWV 926

4. F major, BWV 927

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 4. F major, BWV 927

5. F major, BWV 928

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 2

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 5. F major, BWV 928

6. G minor, BWV 929

This prelude was used as the trio to a menuet by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel in the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and, transposed to B minor, as the trio to the menuet in the variant version of the French Suite no. 3 in B minor (BWV 814).

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 1.5

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 6. G minor, BWV 929

7. G minor, BWV 930

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 7. G minor, BWV 930

8. A minor, BWV 931

This prelude was probably composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (BR-WFB A 47).

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 2

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 8. A minor, BWV 931

9. E minor, BWV 932

This prelude is incomplete and was probably composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (BR-WFB A 46).

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932; 9. E minor, BWV 932

Johann Sebastian Bach

Nine little Preludes from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 924–932

c. 1720–1726 · BWV3 Suppl 1, p. 636 [nos. 1 (alternative version), 2, 8–9]

Recommended editions

1. C major, BWV 924

1. C major, BWV 924 (alternative version)

2. D major, BWV 925

3. D minor, BWV 926

4. F major, BWV 927

5. F major, BWV 928

6. G minor, BWV 929

7. G minor, BWV 930

8. A minor, BWV 931

9. E minor, BWV 932

c. 1720–1726 · BWV³ Suppl 1, p. 636 [nos. 1 (alternative version), 2, 8–9]