The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is a collection of two series of Preludes and Fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the German of Bach's time Clavier (keyboard) was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord – but not excluding an organ either.

Date of composition 1740
First published 1801
Type Preludes and Fugues
Tonality F-sharp Major
Catalogue BWV 882
Instruments Clavichord
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Prelude and Fugue en fa dièse majeur, BWV 882
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in fa diesis maggiore, BWV 882
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue Fis-dur, BWV 882