24 Preludes and Fugues

Summary

24 Preludes and Fugues is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 24 Preludes and Fugues's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's composer is recorded as Dmitri Shostakovich^[4].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's instrumentation is recorded as piano^[5].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's date of first performance is recorded as December 23, 1952^[6].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': '24 прелюдии и фуги'}^[7].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+150'}^[8].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's location of first performance is recorded as Saint Petersburg^[9].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's form of creative work is recorded as cycle^[10].
• 24 Preludes and Fugues's opus number is recorded as 87^[11].

Product Details

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• Genre(s): classical^[12]

• Community tags: classical, keyboard^[13]

• MusicBrainz ID: 72a5eb48-89b8-4fc1-b754-e2ebb3dfc437^[14]

Why It Matters

24 Preludes and Fugues ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15]