Prelude and fugue

In classical music, many composers have written a set of preludes and fugues in most or all of the 24 major and minor keys. The use of this format is generally inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's two books of preludes and fugues—the Well-Tempered Clavier—completed in 1722 and 1744 respectively. Bach, however, was not the first to compose such a set: Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer wrote a 20-key cycle in his 1702 work Ariadne musica.

Works

The following works employ, sometimes loosely, the prelude-and-fugue format.

• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543, Bach
• Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in E major, BWV 566, Bach
• 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, Shostakovich
• Ariadne musica, Fischer
• Eight Short Preludes and Fugues, composer uncertain
• Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale Ad nos ad salutarem undam, Liszt
• Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, Liszt
• Ludus Tonalis, Hindemith
• Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, Franck
• Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, Bernstein

Composers of

The composers listed below, who lived and composed in the 19th and 20th centuries, employed this format.

• Mark Alburger, 12 Topical Preludes and Fugues
• Algernon Ashton
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
• David Cope, 48 Preludes and Fugues
• David Diamond, 52 Preludes and Fugues
• Hiroshi Hara, Huber
• Alexander Iakovtchouk, David Johnson, 12 Preludes and Fugues
• Nikolai Kapustin, 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 82
• A. A. Klengel
• Trygve Madsen
• Henry Martin
• Felix Mendelssohn
• Bruce Cameron Munson
• Frank Tveor Nordensten
• Igor Rekhin
• Camille Saint-Saëns, 3 Preludes and Fugues (Op 99 & Op 109)
• Rodion Shchedrin
• Dmitri Shostakovich, 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
• Sergei Slonimsky