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 D Major
Catalogue BWV 874
Instruments Clavichord
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Prelude and Fugue en ré majeur, BWV 874
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in re maggiore, BWV 874
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue D-dur, BWV 874