The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (BWV 846–869)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	musical composition
gptkbp:BWV_number	gptkb:BWV_846–869
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach 1722
gptkbp:consistsOf	24 preludes and fugues
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	musical education
gptkbp:first_fugue	gptkb:Fugue_in_C_major,_BWV_846
gptkbp:first_prelude	gptkb:Prelude_in_C_major,_BWV_846
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:The_Well-Tempered_Clavier,_Book_II_(BWV_870–893)
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:keyboard
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	demonstrates equal temperament tuning
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (BWV 846–869)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn gptkb:Johannes_Brahms gptkb:Ludwig_van_Beethoven gptkb:Robert_Schumann gptkb:Frédéric_Chopin gptkb:Sergei_Rachmaninoff gptkb:Western_classical_music
gptkbp:key	all 24 major and minor keys
gptkbp:language	instrumental
gptkbp:notableMovement	gptkb:Prelude_in_C_major,_BWV_846 gptkb:Fugue_in_C_minor,_BWV_847 Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867 Prelude in D major, BWV 850
gptkbp:originalInstrumentation	harpsichord
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
gptkbp:precededBy	none (Book I is the first book)
gptkbp:publishedIn	manuscript circulated in 1722
gptkbp:structure	each prelude and fugue in a different key
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Well-Tempered_Clavier,_Book_II_(BWV_870–893)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7