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