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Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 846-869


German Title

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier

English Title

The Well-Tempered-Clavier, Book I / Part 1 (WTC 1)

French Title

Le Clavier bien tempéré, Premier livre

Spanish Title

 

Works

Preludes & Fugues (24), BWV 846-869
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848
Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849
Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 850
Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E flat major, BWV 852
Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853
Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 854
Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 856
Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F sharp major, BWV 858
Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 859
Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860
Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A flat major, BWV 862
Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863
Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 864
Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 866
Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 867
Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 868
Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869

Scoring

Harpsichord

Score

References

Composed

BGA

NBA

BC

First Published

BWV 846-869

Before 1722

XIV

V/6.1

L80-103

Bonn, 1801

Music

Music Examples


Contents

Recordings | Reviews | Discussions | Articles | Links

Recordings

Part 1: Complete Recordings 1900-1949 (4)
Part 2: Complete Recordings 1950-1959 (9)
Part 3: Complete Recordings 1960-1969 (13)
Part 4: Complete Recordings 1970-1979 (20)
Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989 (26)
Part 6: Complete Recordings 1990-1999 (29)
Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 (58)
Part 8: Complete Recordings 2010-2019 (47)
Part 9: Complete Recordings 2020-2029 (4) = 209

Reviews

Reviews of Well-Tempered Clavier Book I:
Comparative Review: Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier from Barenboim
Review: Well-Tempered Clavier Book I - played by Daniel Barenboim
Review: Till Fellner Records Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book I
Review: Fischer’s WTC I on Naxos
Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Pierre Hantai
Review: Bach’s WTC - One More Time
Review: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Christiane Jaccottet
Review: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Kirkpatrick
Review: Ton Koopman’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1
Review: Bach’s Well Temepred Clavier Book 1 from a Legend
Review: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Robert Levin
Review: Bach & Shostakovich Preludes & Fugues from Olli Mustonen
Review: Edward Parmentier Plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
Review: Richter’s WTC Book 1 (3 Parts)
Review: Schepkin’s Well Tempered Clavier, Book I (10 Parts)
Review: WTC Book I - Tureck (1975-1976)
Reviews of Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II:
Review: A Terrific Trio of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier
Review: Review: WTC By Ottavio Dantone
Review: Samuel Feinberg’s Well Tempered Clavier (3 Parts)
Review: Hewitt's recordings of the Well Tempered Clavier
Review: Nikolayeva’s WTC
Review: WTC Ruzickova

Discussions

Discussions of Well-Tempered Clavier Book I:
General Discussions: Part 1
Discussions: WTC 1 BWV 846-869 - played by Till Fellner

Articles

Article: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier -  Pitch, Tuning and Temperament Design [C. Francis]

Article: The Hänfling/Bümler Temperament - A Trigger for Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier? [T. Braatz]
Article: Implication of Bach’s Title "Well Tempered Clavier" [P. Metcalf]

Links 

Well-Tempered Clavier
Composition history, Later significance and influence, What tuning did Bach intend?, References, External links
(Wikipedia)

The Well-Tempered Clavier (24), collection of preludes & fugues, Book I, BWV 846-869
Composition Description (Robert Cummings / AMG)

BACH - Well Tempered Clavier - complete recordings of both books [N/A]
Recording list (Ron / University at Albany)

J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier
MIDI Files (S.D. Rodian)

Debby Lyttle's Home Page
A couple of short essays on the Well Tempered Clavier and Brandenburg Concertos (Debby Lyttle)

Johann Sebastian Bach: the Well Tempered Tuning is Unequal
Technical essay, which instructs the reader about the correct harpsichord tuning for the WTC (Dr. Herbert A. Kellner)

The Variations Project
The full score of the WTC Book 1 (Indiana University School of Music)

Bach, Well-tempered Clavier Bk 1, Part 1
Preludes and Fugues 1-13 from Book 1 of Bach's WTC. MP3.com (John L. Grant)

Bach, Well-tempered Clavier, Bk 1, Part 2
Preludes & fugues 14-24 from Book 1 of Bach's WTC. MP3.com (John L. Grant)

The Well Tempered Clavier BWV 846-869
Commentary (Dr. Carol Traupman-Carr / Bach 101)

Music of Sacred Temperament
A Method for the WTC by J.S. Bach 2001 - A fiction (Iori Fujita)

The Well Tempered Clavier
A Comment for the WTC - by Count Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk in 1744 (Iori Fujita)

Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores, and digital sound
Interactive analyses of Bach fugues with complete scores synchronized with digital sound and hyperlinked commentary. (Tim Smith & David Korevaar)

Cracking the "Bach" Code - Breakthrough WTC Recording
Peter Watchorn's WTC 1 reviewed in American Record Guide by Peter Catalano (Catalano)

Bach's Art of Temperament
Article (Bradley Lehman)

Bach's Extraordinary Temperament: Our Rosetta Stone
Article (Bradley Lehman)

Johann Sebastian Bach's Tuning
Website (Bradley Lehman)

Temperament derived from the 1722 title page
Article (1999) [German] (Andreas Sparschuh)

The “Bach Temperament”
Article (Kenneth Mobbs & Alexander Mackenzie)

How tuned Bach?
|Discussion group (YahooGroups)

J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier - In-depth Analysis and Interpretation
Full text of the 1951 book (Siglind Bruhn)

J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemeprierte Clavier
Animated visualizations of the music [shockwave required] (Tim Smith / Northern Arizona University)

J.S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier
This website intends to provide input in developing practically applicable concepts to improve the understanding and interpretation of JS Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, whether one uses the piano, the harpsichord, organ, electronic keyboard, or any other instrument. (Philip Goeth)

 

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2006 - November 2023)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (December 2006); Bradley Lehman (December 2006)

Well Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 846-869: Details
Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019
Comparative Review: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Reviews of Individual Recordings: WTC I - D. Barenboim [D. Satz] | WTC I - D. Barenboim [P. Bright] | WTC I - L. Beausejouir & A. Vieru | WTC I - T. Fellner | WTC I - E. Fischer | WTC I - M. Horszowski | WTC I - C. Jaccottet | WTC I - R. Kirkpatrick | WTC I - T. Koopman | WTC I - W. Landowska | WTC I - R. Levin | WTC I - O. Mustonen | WTC I - E. Parmentier | WTC I - S. Richter | WTC I - S. Schepkin
General Discussions: Part 1
Discussions of Individual Recordings: WTC I - T. Fellner
Well Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 870-893: Details
Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019
Comparative Review: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Reviews of Individual Recordings: WTC II - D. Barenboim [P. Bright] | WTC II - G. Cooper | WTC II - F. Gulda | WTC II - A. Hewitt | WTC II - R. Kirkpatrick | WTC II - J. Middleton
General Discussions: Part 1
Well Tempered Clavier Books I&II, BWV 846-893:
Reviews of Individual Recordings: WTC I&II - B.v. Asperen, S. Ross & G. Wilson | WTC I&II - E. Crochet | WTC I&II - O. Dantone | WTC I&II - S. Feinberg | WTC I&II - A. Hewitt | WTC II&II - T. Nikolayeva | WTC II&II - L. Thiry [N. Halliday] | WTC I&II - Z. Ruzickova


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