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This piece is part of Bach's monumental Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, showcasing his mastery of counterpoint and the emerging equal-tempered tuning system. The B♭ Major prelude features a flowing, improvisatory style, while the fugue demonstrates rigorous polyphonic development.

The Well-Tempered Clavier revolutionized keyboard music by exploring all 24 major and minor keys, demonstrating the feasibility of equal temperament tuning. This prelude and fugue (BWV 890) exemplifies Bach's mastery of counterpoint and structural ingenuity.

This B-flat major prelude and fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book II exemplifies Baroque counterpoint. The prelude resembles a courante dance with intricate hand-crossing techniques, while the three-voice fugue features a distinctive stuttering subject and ascending scale motifs, showcasing Bach's mathematical precision in exploring the newly established equal-temperament system.

This prelude and fugue from Book II exemplifies Bach's mastery of counterpoint and equal temperament. The B-flat major work features intricate fugal development and a dance-like prelude, showcasing the compositional innovation that made the collection a foundational text for Western classical music.

This collection by Bach revolutionized Western music by exploring all 24 major and minor keys, demonstrating equal temperament tuning. The B-flat major prelude features intricate counterpoint and dance-like rhythms, while the fugue develops a complex three-voice structure with Baroque precision.