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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Book I (The Well-Tempered Clavier) | 0 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
keyboard music
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musical composition collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
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WTC I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | circa 1722 ⓘ |
| authorOfManuscript | Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | Baroque era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consistsOf |
24 fugues
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24 preludes ⓘ |
| contains |
Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 864
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Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 859 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 860 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
composition study
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keyboard pedagogy ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque keyboard music ⓘ |
| influenced |
Romantic-era composers
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later keyboard repertoire ⓘ |
| intendedInstrument |
clavichord
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harpsichord ⓘ |
| keyCoverage | all 24 major and minor keys ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| notableInterpreter |
Ferruccio Busoni
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Glenn Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ Sviatoslav Richter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPieces | 48 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Teil I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Well-Tempered Clavier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Köthen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | demonstration of well-tempered tuning ⓘ |
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