Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 (Bach)
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The Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846, opens with a serene, arpeggiated prelude that establishes a harmonic journey, moving through keys like G and F before returning to C. The prelude’s simple, broken chords are contrasted by the complex, imitative structure of the fugue, which presents its main theme in multiple voices entering one by one.
