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The short answer
Prelude in C major from BWV 564, arranged by Busoni is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 9, an estimate.
- piano arrangement
- Baroque
- Key of C major
- grand
- stormy
- octaves
- scales runs
Also known as Arr. for piano by; Ferruccio Busoni; From Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major for Organ; Prelude in C-Major.
History
The opening is a flourish rather than a gentle warm-up. Keep the rapid figures clear before adding a bigger sound. This piano setting preserves an organ-derived dramatic gesture and provider-added hidden playback octave markings.
Sources
How to practise it
- Group the rapid written figures into small gestures before linking them into longer phrases.
- Release unnecessary tension in the octave shapes and keep rapid figures clear at a comfortable pace.
How hard is it
Rapid opening thirty-second-note figures and octave chord members, more than 4,000 encoded notes and 84 measures make coordination and stamina advanced demands; hidden 8vb playback instructions need an importer probe, not a new score rewrite.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude in C major, BWV 846Level 4, estimatedOpen to everyone
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. PrestoLevel 9, estimatedWith Maestro
