THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER I
DESCRIPTION
The Well-Tempered Clavier I BWV 846-869 - 48 Preludes & Fugues.
Harpsichord, Piano.
Johann Sebastian Bach's idea of composing a collection of preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys was new andrevolutionary in the second decade of the 18th century, particularly when considering that the tuning in use up top then distributed pure and impure intervals irregularly throughout the keys. The result was that one could playvery well in many keys, but not at all in others. Bach was the first composer to conquer the entire breadth pf tonality in his Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), thus providing the musical world withamasterpiece of keyboard literature.
The Well-Tempered Clavier is the Old Testament, Beethoven's sonatas the New. We must believe in both. Hans von Bülow
The preludes and fugues of The Well-TemperedClavier embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters the ne plus ultra of unity through diversity. Here Bach not only presented the sum total of keyboard artistry in his day but foresaw itsfuture evolution. His treatment of the keys marked a turning point in music history.
SPECIFICATIONS
Subtitle BWV 846-869
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Instrumentation Piano
Product Type Book [Softcover]
Instrument Group Piano or Keyboard
Publisher Bärenreiter-Verlag
Style Baroque
ISMN 9790006466962
Series Bärenreiter Urtext
No. BA5191
SONGLIST
1. Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 846 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
2. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor BWV 847 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
3. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 848 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
4. Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 850 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
5. Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 851 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
6. Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 852 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
7. Prelude and Fugue E-flat
8. D sharp minor BWV 853 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
9. Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 854 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
10. Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
11. Prelude and Fugue in F major BWV 856 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
12. Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 857 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
13. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major BWV 858 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
14. Prelude and Fugue F sharp minor BWV 859 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
15. Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 860 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
16. Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 861 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
17. Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major BWV 862 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
18. Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor BWV 863 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
19. Prelude and Fugue in A major BWV 864 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
20. Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 865 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
21. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 866 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
22. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor BWV 867 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
23. Prelude and Fugue in B-major BWV 868 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
24. Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 869 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
25. Appendix Fugue in D minor BWV 851
26. 2 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
