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 Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 871 |
| Instruments | Clavichord |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Prelude and Fugue en do mineur, BWV 871 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in do minore, BWV 871 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue c-moll, BWV 871 |