Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906

The Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (BWV 906) is a musical work for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. It has two movements. The first movement is a fantasia. The second movement is a fugue. The fugue is not finished. The work is written in the galant style.

 History 
The work is written on two autograph manuscripts. One of the manuscripts only has the fantasia. The other manuscript has the fantasia and the unfinished fugue. The Fantasia may have been written around 1728-1730. The Fugue may have been written around 1738.

 Structure 
 Fantasia 
The fantasia is written in the sonata form. It has hand-crossings and triplets.

 Fugue 
The fugue is not finished. It ends after forty-seven bars. The fugue has hand-crossings as well. It has the most hand-crossings of any Bach fugue.

 References 

Other websites
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906 at Netherlands Bach Society

Category:Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
Category:Compositions in C minor
Category:Fugues
Category:1720s compositions
Category:1730s compositions