Bach′s Well–Tempered Clavier – The 48 Preludes and Fugues

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Bach's manuscript of Book 2 of the Well-Tempered Clavier: Facsimile of British Library Add MS 35021 The portions of Book 1 performed by Martha Goldstein and in the public domain include the following (all on harpsichord): "Prelude in C major" (BWV 846), Fugue in C major (BWV 846), Prelude No. 2 in C minor (BWV 847), Fugue No. 2 in C minor (BWV 847), "Fugue No. 4 in C ♯ minor" (BWV 849), "Prelude No. 5 in D major" (BWV 850), "Fugue No. 5 in D major" (BWV 850), "Prelude No. 6 in D minor" (BWV 851), "Fugue No. 6 in D minor" (BWV 851), "Prelude No. 21 in B ♭ major" (BWV 866), and "Fugue No. 21 in B ♭ major" (BWV 866). Alexander Siloti transcribed a piano arrangement of the early version of Prelude and Fugue in E minor ( BWV 855a), transposed into a Prelude in B minor. [ citation needed] Recordings [ edit ]

a b c Schulenberg, David (2006). The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach (2nded.). Routledge. p.18, 452. ISBN 978-0-415-97400-4.

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Sechs Praeludien und Fugen für die Orgel Pedal und Manual / von Johann Sebastian Bach; für das Pianoforte zu zwei Händen gesetzt von Franz Liszt Fredrich Suppig: Labyrinthus musicus, Calculus musicus, facsimile of the manuscripts. Tuning and Temperament Library, Volume 3, edited by Rudolf Rasch. Diapason Press, Utrecht, 1990.

The portions of Book 1 performed by Raymond Smullyan and in the public domain include the following (all on piano): "Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F ♯ major" (BWV 858), "Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G ♯ minor" (BWV 863), "Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B ♭ minor" (BWV 867), and "Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major" (BWV 868).The composers listed below, who lived and composed in the 19th and 20th centuries, employed this format. Russian 19th and 20th century composers Dmitri Shostakovich, who wrote 24 preludes and fugues, and Alexander Scriabin, who also composed 24 preludes using every key and designed colors to go with them, were were heavily inspired by Bach.