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Prelude and Fugue in C minor No. 2 from Book 1 of "The Well-Tempered Clavier"

By J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Arranged By Rhonda Martin

4 altos (one switching to soprano), 2 tenors, 2 basses, 2 great basses and 2 contra basses

This is an antiphonal arrangement that is written in such a way as to make the piece easily playable as a performance piece for Recorder Orchestra. The instrumentation is 4 altos, 2 tenors, 2 basses, 2 great basses and 2 contra basses. The arrangement can be played with 12 players or doubled with 24 playing.

-- Rhonda Martin

Prelude - digitized recording
Prelude - score (including seating chart)
Prelude - all parts

Fugue - digitized recording
Fugue - score
Fugue - all parts

Sound Sample

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No. of Recorder Parts:
12

Difficulty:
Challenging

Occasion:
Any

Libraries:
Recorder Orchestra Library, Arrangements and Transcriptions

Date Added:
02/11/2021

Style:
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical