Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier - Book 2 (BWV 870-893)
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- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Instrumentation: Piano
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- Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
- Pages: 148
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
"Owing to its conceptual variety, the Wohltemperiertes Klavier constitutes one of Bach's most complete opuses. It equally comprises the world of the chorales and passions, the Baroque dance movements and concertos.
The edition is based on Volume 14 of the complete edition of the Bach-Gesellschaft (Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig, 1864) as well as on Hermann Keller's new Urtext edition (Edition Peters, Leipzig, 1963). in shaping the text of the publication we also studied the Major Urtext editions in general use today. The text variants of an Urtext validity which by and large equal the main text, are given in ossia. The editor's addenda are put in square brackets, or in the case of ligatures, are marked with broken lines." (István Lantos)
Works:
- Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870
- Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871
- Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
- Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 873
- Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874
- Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 875
- Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 876
- Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp Minor, BWV 877
- Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
- Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 879
- Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880
- Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881
- Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV 882
- Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Minor, BWV 883
- Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884
- Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885
- Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV 886
- Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV 887
- Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888
- Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 889
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 890
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 891
- Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892
- Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 893
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