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 | C-sharp Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 872 |
| Instruments | Clavichord |
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue alternative version in C-sharp major, BWV 872a
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Prelude and Fugue en do dièse majeur, BWV 872 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in do diesis maggiore, BWV 872 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue Cis-dur, BWV 872 |