Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 955 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

This fugue was previously attributed to Johann Christoph Erselius, but has recently been identified as an original work by Johann Sebastian Bach.

		Movements/Sections 1 First Publication 1880 Genre Categories Fugues; For keyboard; Scores featuring keyboard soloists; For 1 player

Sheet Music

• Scores (2)

Scores

 Complete Score
*#05829 - 0.20MB, 4 (#55-58) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 2645x⇩

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Peter (2007/5/10)

 Complete Score (alternative version)
*#06436 - 0.14MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 658x⇩

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Peter (2007/5/26)

Editor:

Ernst Naumann (1832–1910)

Publisher Info.:

Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 42
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1894. Plate B.W. XLII.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Attributed to Johann Christoph Erselius in this edition.

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General Information

Work Title	Fugue
Alternative Title	Fuge

Composer	Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue Number	BWV 955
Key	B♭ major
Movements/Sections	1
First Publication	1880
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Clavier

Misc. Comments

• This fugue was previously thought to have been arranged from a work by Johann Christoph Erselius. More recent analysis by Karl Heller ascertained that: "The B-flat major fugue, BWV 955, has hitherto been considered an arrangement by Bach of a G-major fugue by Johann Christopher Erselius (ca.1703-72), a hypothesis now disproven by source and textual studies. The G-major version is actually a transposition of an early version (BWV 955a) of the B-flat major fugue; both date from Bach's early years as a composer" — 'Die Klavierfuge BWV 955: Zur Frage ihres Autors und ihrer verschiedenen Fassungen', Das Fruhwerk Johann Sebastian Bachs: Kolloquium veranstaltet vom Institut fur Musikwissenschaft der Universitat Rostock, 11.-13. September 1990 (Koln: Studio, 1995) p.130–141.