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 (1740 ca. in Das wohltemperierte Klavier II (No.7)) |
| First published | 1801 |
| Type | Preludes and Fugues |
| Tonality | E-flat Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 876 |
| Instruments | Clavichord |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Prelude and Fugue en mi bémol majeur, BWV 876 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in mi bemolle maggiore, BWV 876 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue Es-dur, BWV 876 |