The Well-Tempered Clavier BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN

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Facsimile: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil I / The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I:
Praeludium und Fuge C-Dur (BWV 846) / Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 846)
Praeludium und Fuge c-Moll (BWV 847) / Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 847)
Praeludium und Fuge Cis-Dur (BWV 848) / Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major (BWV 848)
Praeludium und Fuge cis-Moll (BWV 849) / Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor (BWV 849)
Praeludium und Fuge D-Dur (BWV 850) / Prelude and Fugue in D Major (BWV 850)
Praeludium und Fuge d-Moll (BWV 851) / Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 851)
Praeludium und Fuge Es-Dur (BWV 852) / Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major (BWV 852)
Praeludium und Fuge es-Moll (BWV 853) / Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Minor and D-sharp Minor (BWV 853)
Praeludium und Fuge E-Dur (BWV 854) / Prelude and Fugue in E-Major (BWV 854)
Praeludium und Fuge e-Moll (BWV 855) / Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (BWV 855)
Praeludium und Fuge F-Dur (BWV 856) / Prelude and Fugue in F Major (BWV 856)
Praeludium und Fuge f-Moll (BWV 857) / Prelude and Fugue in F Minor (BWV 857)
Praeludium und Fuge Fis-Dur (BWV 858) / Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major (BWV 858)
Praeludium und Fuge fis-Moll (BWV 859) / Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Minor (BWV 859)
Praeludium und Fuge G-Dur (BWV 860) / Prelude and Fugue in G Major (BWV 860)
Praeludium und Fuge g-Moll (BWV 861) / Prelude and Fugue in g Minor (BWV 861)
Praeludium und Fuge As-Dur (BWV 862) / Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major (BWV 862)
Praeludium und Fuge gis-Moll (BWV 863) / Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor (BWV 863)
Praeludium und Fuge A-Dur (BWV 864) / Prelude and Fugue in A Major (BWV 864)
Praeludium und Fuge a-Moll (BWV 865) / Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (BWV 865)
Praeludium und Fuge B-Dur (BWV 866) / Prelude and Fugue in B Major (BWV 866)
Praeludium und Fuge b-Moll (BWV 867) / Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 867)
Praeludium und Fuge H-Dur (BWV 868) / Prelude and Fugue in H Major (BWV 868)
Praeludium und Fuge h-Moll (BWV 869) / Prelude and Fugue in H Minor (BWV 869)
Commentary:
"The Well-Tempered Clavier" - Bach writes music history:
The title page of the autograph
On the compositional history of the work
The autograph score
Bibliography
The Autograph in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin:
On the history of the Bach Collection
Facsimile and original
Bibliography

Description :

Facsimile of the autograph manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz
With a Commentary by Christoph Wolff and Martina Rebmann
Documenta musicologica II/50
90 pages of facsimile and 28 pages of Commentary (Eng/Ger). The preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters. 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.

The autograph score, originally a fair copy, contains later revisions and alterations reflecting the composer at work. This new facsimile edition presents the manuscript in high-quality four-colour reproduction. Bach authority Christoph Wolff provides a Commentary to the work's genesis and the characteristics of Bach's handwriting. Martina Rebmann (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) describes the subsequent history of the autograph.