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Analysis of prelude and fugue in c sharp major?

Prelude

- Key: C♯ major

- Tempo: Adagio

- Structure: ABA

-_ A_: Begins with a sustained C♯ in the right hand and a broken chord in the left hand.

-_ B_: Modulates to F♯ minor and features a descending chromatic scale in the right hand.

-_ A_: Returns to the opening material in C♯ major.

Fugue

- Key: C♯ major

- Tempo: Allegro

- Structure: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, Coda

- Subject: Opens with a five-note subject in the tonic key, played in the right hand.

- Exposition: Subject is presented in all four voices, with each entrance a fifth higher than the previous one.

- Development: Subject is subjected to a variety of developmental techniques, including augmentation, diminution, and inversion.

- Recapitulation: Subject returns in its original form in all four voices.

- Coda: Brings the fugue to a close with a series of imitative entries and a final statement of the subject in the tonic key.

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