Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Complete 48 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893 - Premium Piano Sheet Music for Classical Musicians & Students | Perfect for Recitals, Practice & Music Education

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Johann Sebastian Bach's idea of composing a collection of preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys was new and revolutionary in the second decade of the 18th century, particularly when considering that the tuning in use up top then distributed pure and impure intervals irregularly throughout the keys. The result was that one could play very well in many keys, but not at all in others. Bach was the first composer to conquer the entire breadth pf tonality in his Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), thus providing the musical world with a masterpiece of keyboard literature. The Well-Tempered Clavier is the Old Testament, Beethoven's sonatas the New. We must believe in both. Hans von Bülow The preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters the ne plus ultra of unity through diversity. Here Bach not only presented the sum total of keyboard artistry in his day but foresaw its future evolution. His treatment of the keys marked a turning point in music history. - Contents: Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870; Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 871; Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 872; Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 873; Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 874; Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 875; Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 876; Prelude and Fugue in D sharp minor BWV 877; Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 878; Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 879; Prelude and Fugue in F major BWV 880; Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 881; Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major BWV 882; Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor BWV 883; Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 884; Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 885; Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major BWV 886; Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor BWV 887; Prelude and Fugue in A major BWV 888; Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 889; Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 890; Prelude and Fugue B-flat minor BWV 891; Prelude and Fugue B major BWV 892; Prelude and Fugue B minor BWV 893; Appendix: Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870b Vertsion A; Prelude in C major BWV 870b Variant of Version A; Prelude in C sharp minor BWV 873 Version A; Fugue in A-flat major BWV 886/2 Variant