Book I

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Book I is the first volume of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, a landmark collection of preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys.

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Book I canonical 5

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instanceOf keyboard music ⓘ
musical composition collection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I ⓘ
WTC I ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate circa 1722 ⓘ
authorOfManuscript Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
compositionPeriod Baroque era ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
consistsOf 24 fugues ⓘ
24 preludes ⓘ
contains Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 864 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 859 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 860 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861 ⓘ
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863 ⓘ
educationalUse composition study ⓘ
keyboard pedagogy ⓘ
genre Baroque keyboard music ⓘ
influenced Romantic-era composers ⓘ
later keyboard repertoire ⓘ
intendedInstrument clavichord ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
keyCoverage all 24 major and minor keys ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
notableInterpreter Ferruccio Busoni ⓘ
Glenn Gould ⓘ
Sviatoslav Richter ⓘ
numberOfPieces 48 ⓘ
originalTitle Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Teil I ⓘ
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
placeOfComposition Köthen ⓘ
purpose demonstration of well-tempered tuning ⓘ

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