Book I

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Book I is the first volume of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, a landmark collection of preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys.

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instanceOf keyboard music
musical composition collection
alsoKnownAs The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
WTC I
approximateCompositionDate circa 1722
authorOfManuscript Johann Sebastian Bach
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
compositionPeriod Baroque era
linked to: Baroque
consistsOf 24 fugues
24 preludes
contains Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 864
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 860
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
educationalUse composition study
keyboard pedagogy
genre Baroque keyboard music
influenced Romantic-era composers
later keyboard repertoire
intendedInstrument clavichord
harpsichord
keyCoverage all 24 major and minor keys
languageOfTitle German
notableInterpreter Ferruccio Busoni
Glenn Gould
Sviatoslav Richter
numberOfPieces 48
originalTitle Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Teil I
partOf The Well-Tempered Clavier
placeOfComposition Köthen
purpose demonstration of well-tempered tuning

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