Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 1, BWV 846-869
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- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Editor: Alfred Dürr
- Instrumentation: Piano
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- Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 125
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
Volume 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier, based on the New Bach Edition, closely follows Bach's autograph score. The Foreword draws on earlier versions contained in the autograph as well as on non-autograph variants found in reliable secondary sources. This edition which does full justice to Bach's work enables musicians to try out and play alternative readings.
Works:
- 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-flat Major, BWV 852
- Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Minor, BWV 853
- Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854
- Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 855
- 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 A-flat Major, BWV 862
- Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV 863
- Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 864
- Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 865
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 866
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 867
- Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868
- Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 869
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