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The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time clavier referred to a variety of keyboard instruments, namely the harpsichord, the clavichord and the organ. The modern German spelling for the collection is Das ...
Byname: the Forty-eight. The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, collection of 48 preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in two books (1722 and 1742). It explores the intricacies of each of the 12 major and 12 minor keys and constitutes the largest-scale and most-influential undertaking for solo keyboard of the Baroque era.
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It is the best known of Bach’s clavier works. Part 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier was completed at Köthen in 1722, and Part 2 in Leipzig around 1740. Each part consists of twenty-four preludes and fugues, one prelude and one fugue in each of the twelve major and minor keys, the keys being arranged in chromatic order, alternating in major and ...
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The Well-Tempered Clavier. The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Bach's time Clavier (keyboard) was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord ...
In BWV 1,2,2a, the main collection is identified as BWV 846–869, with the earlier C major and E minor preludes identified separately as BWV 846a and 855a respectively. In BWV 3, the earlier versions are identified as BWV 846.1–869.1 and the standard version as BWV 846.2–869.2.
Jun 20, 2022 · According to legend, Bach began composing the "Well-Tempered Clavier" during four weeks in a prison cell in Weimar in 1717 — his crime was wanting to leave the service of Duke Wilhelm Ernst.
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Jul 25, 2016 · The two books of the The Well-Tempered Clavier (the first dated 1722 and the second dated between 1739 and 1742) were a celebration of an innovation in keyboard tuning. (Clavier referred to a series of keyboard instruments, including the harpsichord, clavichord, and organ). In Meantone temperament, the standard tuning of the day, keys with many ...
