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minor bach preludes and fugues question
#372727 05/03/05 08:17 PM
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Im not sure if this has ever been asked, but why do all the minor preludes and fugues writen by Bach end with a raised third at the end? I know that the picardy third was popular back then, but is there some reason Bach did this for every minor prelude and fugue?

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I've heard that at the time, a minor triad was considered an unresolved sonority, so the raised third was the final resolution. This view of minor chords obviously wasn't universally held, since there are Baroque pieces that end in minor, but that's the idea behind the practice.

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