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The Well-Tempered Clavier
The Well-Tempered Clavier (German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier), BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study." Bach later compiled a second book of the same kind, dated 1742, but titled it only "Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues." The two works are now usually considered to make up a single work, The Well-Tempered Clavier, and are referred to respectively as Books I and II. The Well-Tempered Clavier is generally regarded as one of the most influential works in the history of Western classical music.
The Well-Tempered Clavier (846–893)
BWV 846 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major
BWV 846a — Prelude and Fugue in C major (alternative version of BWV 846)
BWV 847 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor
BWV 848 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major
BWV 849 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor
BWV 850 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major
BWV 851 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor
BWV 852 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major
BWV 853 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor (The fugue of this work is actually in D-sharp minor, the enharmonic key of E-flat minor)
BWV 854 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major
BWV 855 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor
BWV 855a — Prelude and Fugue in E minor (alternative version of BWV 855)
BWV 856 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major
BWV 857 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor
BWV 858 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major
BWV 859 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor
BWV 860 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major
BWV 861 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor
BWV 862 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major
BWV 863 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor
BWV 864 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major
BWV 865 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor
BWV 866 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major
BWV 867 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor
BWV 868 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major
BWV 869 — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor
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