BWV 870 — Prelude and Fugue in C major, No.1 BWV 871 — Prelude and Fugue in C minor, No.2 BWV 872 — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, No.3 BWV 873 — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, No.4 BWV 874 — Prelude and Fugue in D major, No.5 BWV 875 — Prelude and Fugue in D minor, No.6 BWV 876 — Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, No.7 Seb. BWV 846 — Prelude and Fugue in C major, No.1 BWV 847 — Prelude and Fugue in C minor, No.2 BWV 848 — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, No.3 BWV 849 — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, No.4 BWV 850 — Prelude and Fugue in D major, No.5 BWV 851 — Prelude and Fugue in D minor, No.6 BWV 852 — Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, No.7

Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 873 • 5. Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 877 • 9. Each set contains twenty-four pairs of prelude and fugue. J.S. Most are three- and four-voiced fugues, and there are only two five-voiced fugues (BWV 849 and 867), and one two-voiced fugue (BWV 855). Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 5. Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 4. 1. Whatever their provenances, these schemes all promote the existence of subtly different musical characters in different keys, due to the sizes of their intervals. Bach, during the time when the former was enjoying musical instruction at the hands of the latter, confided to him the tuning of his clavier, and how the master expressly required of him that he tune all the thirds sharp." Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 874 • 6. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 (alternative version: BWV 850a) 6. Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (alternative version: BWV 847a) 3. "The Mystery of Chopin's Préludes", (Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2015) p. 48.Eric Schenk (author), translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston & Winston (eds) (1959), The portions of Book I performed by Martha Goldstein and in the public domain include the following (all on harpsichord): The portions of Book I performed by Raymond Smullyan and in the public domain include the following (all on piano):

Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871 • 3. However, they disagree as to which key receives which character: This Prelude consists, mainly of a simple series of chords, expressed by a constant reiteration of the characteristic figure (seen in the two measures above) which is repeated twice in every bar until the close, when it is expanded for variety into a freer and wider-ranging Arpeggio.Dignity and solidity are secured by the sostenuto figure in the Bass part.Its form is evidently an artistically matured version of a familiar type of extemporaneous preludizing by the use of a chain of Chords.Bach: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C major, BWV 846 Analysis

Bach's son Since 1950 there have been many other proposals and many performances of the work in different and unequal tunings, some derived from historical sources, some by modern authors. BWV 846 — Prelude and Fugue in C major, No.1 BWV 847 — Prelude and Fugue in C minor, No.2 BWV 848 — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, No.3 BWV 849 — Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, No.4 BWV 850 — Prelude and Fugue in D major, No.5 BWV 851 — Prelude and Fugue in D minor, No.6 BWV 852 — Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, No.7 Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875 • 7.

The first pair is in Bach recycled some of the preludes and fugues from earlier sources: the 1720 In Bach's own time just one similar collection was published, by One of the earliest keyboard composers to realize a collection of organ pieces in successive keys was It was long believed that Bach had taken the title Bach's title suggests that he had written for a (12-note) It is sometimes assumed that by "well-tempered" Bach intended During much of the 20th century it was assumed that Bach wanted Johann Georg Neidhardt, writing in 1724 and 1732, described a range of unequal and near-equal temperaments (as well as equal temperament itself), which can be successfully used to perform some of Bach's music, and were later praised by some of Bach's pupils and associates. An analysis of J.S Bach's Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C major, BWV 846, from the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1.

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