The Prelude in C Minor is a musical work for solo lute

Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....

 written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

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Recordings

Recordings of this piece are rare unless it is performed as an introduction to BWV 1000, which is Bach's Fugue in G minor. It can be found as a stand-alone piece on the Andres Segovia & John Williams album, The Art Of The Guitar (track 18).

Editions

An edition of this work that is arranged for piano is available under the title J. S. Bach: Eighteen Little Preludes, edited by Keith Snell. Since the lute is a very rare and uncommon instrument today, most people perform this work on the piano or guitar.

See also

• Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000
  Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000
  The Fugue for Lute in G Minor is a musical composition for the lute, written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime shortly after he moved from Köthen to Leipzig in 1723. The work's BWV number is 1000.-Origin:...
  
  
• Prelude (music)
  Prelude (music)
  A prelude is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. The prelude can be thought of as a preface. It may stand on its own or introduce another work...
  
  
• Prelude in C minor (disambiguation)