Johann Sebastian Bach

Petit Prelude Do Mineur BWV 999

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Originally, the Prelude in C minor "BWV 999" was written for lute. Its manuscript is preserved in Berlin's Staatsbibliothek. This work is mainly played by guitarists who have preferred to arrange lute pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach rather than other works by the same composer.
A first reading may not immediately bring out the serenity that this little prelude calls for, but the performer's imagination, freed from elements that are sometimes too subjective, will enable him or her to understand the musical and instrumental purpose of this or that fingering, and to have access to the music of the great J.S. Bach with a piano.