Das wohltemperierte Klavier I, BWV 846-869 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 24 preludes and fugues
Composition Year early 1720s
Genre Categories Preludes; Fugues; For keyboard; [13 more...]Scores featuring keyboard soloists; For 1 player; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For violin, viola (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
Related Works Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Nos.14-18): Preludes Nos.1a-12 (BWV 846a-857)
Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach (No.28): Prelude No.1 (BWV 846)

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Early Version, BWV 846a-869a

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1760-89).
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Misc. Notes The original manuscript, probably commissioned by J. N. Forkel, is lost. Its only surviving record is a film kept by the Bach-Archiv (MF Ia, 17:24).
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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918–2011)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 6.1 (pp.125-247)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1989. Plate BA 5070.
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Later Version, BWV 846-869

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1722-23.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus. ms. Bach P 415
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Copyist Bernhard Christian Kayser (1705–1758)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1725).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 401
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Copyist Christian Friedrich Penzel (1737–1801)
Unknown Scribe
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1737).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 1075
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Copyist Karl Heinrich Ernst Müller (1753–1835), BWV 846-849
Anna Magdalena Bach (1701–1760), BWV 850-865
Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), BWV 866-869
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), corrections
Unknown scribe
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1740-59)., with composer corrections
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 202
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Copyist Johann Christoph Altnikol (1720–1759)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1755).
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Copyist Peter August (1726–1787)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1760-87).
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2405-T-7,1
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Copyist James William Windsor (1779–1853)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 743
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.[1801]. Plate 53.
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Charles Frederick Horn (1762–1830)
Publisher. Info. London: Robert Birchall, n.d.(ca.1810).
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Editor Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1863]. Plate 2635.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 2635.
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Editor Franz Kroll (1820–1877)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 14
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1866. Plate B.W. XIV.
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Editor Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Philip Hale (1854–1934), preface
Publisher. Info. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol.13
New York: G. Schirmer, 1893. Plate 11015.
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Editor Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1894. Plate 11652.
Reprinted Leipzig: Hofmeister, n.d.
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Editor Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1894. Plate 11660.
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Misc. Notes Busoni Cat. No. BV B 25 (part 1).
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Editor Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Publisher. Info. New York / Leipzig: G. Schirmer / Breitkopf & Härtel, 1894. Plate 27451.
Reprinted Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1916. Plate E.B. 4301.
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Publisher. Info. [London]: Novello, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 14235.
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Editor Orlando Morgan (1865–1956)
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Harold Samuel (1879–1937), fingerings
Publisher. Info. London: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 1924. Plate A.B. 99.
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Editor Alfred Kreutz (1898–1960)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1963. Plate E.P. 11969.
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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918–2011)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 6.1 (pp.1-123)
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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918–2011)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 6.1 (pp.1-123)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1989. Plate BA 5070.
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Reprinted Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1989. Plate BA 5191.
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Editor Tamás Zászkaliczky (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Budapest: Könemann Music, 1993. Plate K 101.
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Editor Knute Snortum (b. 1960)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Besseling)
Arranger Peter Besseling (b. 1953)
Publisher. Info. Peter Besseling, 2021.
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Misc. Notes All preludes and fugues have been arranged to be played on two pianos.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Dubois)
Arranger Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Maurice Senart, 1914. Plates M. S. & Cie. 3437, 3438.
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Arranger Henri Bertini (1798–1876)
Editor James L. Bailey
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Misc. Notes Le Clavier bien tempéré I collection des préludes et fugues de Jean Sébastien Bach arrangées pour le piano à quatre mains par Henri Bertini jeune
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For Violin and Viola (Hermann)
Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. London: Augener, n.d.(ca.1905). Plate 12910.
Reprinted London: Merton Music, No.2305 (Nos.1–10), 2306 (Nos.11–12), n.d.[1996-2010].
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For Organ (Reger)
Editor Max Reger (1873–1916)
Publisher. Info. Ausgewählte Klavierwerke, für die Orgel bearbeitet von Max Reger, Bd.1
Leipzig: Joseph Aibl, 1902. Plates 3032, 3031, 3025.
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Editor Mauro De Giovanni (b. 1982)
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Work Title Das wohltemperierte Klavier I
Alternative. Title Praeludia und Fugen durch alle Tone und Semitonia ; Preludes and Fugues through All Tones and Semitones
Name Translations 平均律键盘曲集; 平均律鍵盤曲集; Das Wohltemperierte Klavier; Patar ya Tonon Clavier; Le Clavier bien tempéré; [27 more...]הפסנתר המושווה; 평균율 클라비어곡집; El clave bien temperado; Das wohltemperierte Klavier; Il clavicembalo ben temperato; 平均律クラヴィーア曲集; Το καλοσυγκερασμένο κλειδοκύμβαλο; 十二平均律鋼琴曲集; O Cravo Bem Temperado; Bontemperita klavarinstrumento; Temperovaný klavír; Хорошо темперированный клавир; Լավ տեմպերացված կլավիր; Dobro temperovani klavir; Добро темперовани клавир; The Well-Tempered Clavier; เดอะเวลล์-เทมเพิร์ดคลาเวียร์; El clavecí ben temprat; Добре темперований клавір; Dobře temperovaný klavír; Добре темперирано пиано; کلاویه خوش‌آهنگ; İyi Düzenlenmiş Klavye; كلافيير جيد المزاج; Dobro ugođeni klavir; Hästitempereeritud klaviir; Dobro uglašeni klavir
Name Aliases 十二平均律钢琴曲集; 平均律钢琴曲集; 十二平均律键盘曲集; Wohltemperiertes Klavier; DWK; [33 more...]Clavier Bien Tempéré; Le Clavier bien tempere; הפסנתר המשווה; 평균율 클라비어; Clave bien temperado; El clave bien templado; Clavicembalo ben temperato; Das Wohltemperierte Clavier; Das Wohltemperirte Clavier; 平均率クラヴィーア曲集; Das wohltemperierte Klavieren; Wohltemperierte Klavier; Wohl Temperierte Klavier; Das Wohl Temperierte Klavier; Das wohltemperierte Clavier; Cravo Bem-Temperado; Cravo bem temperado; Wohltemperiertes Clavier; ХТК; Well-Tempered Clavier; El clavecí ben temperat; Claveci ben temperat; Clavecí ben temperat; Hyvin viritetty klaveeri; Das wohltemperirte Clavier; Das wohltemperirte Klavier; ДТК; Det veltempererte klavér; Добре темпериран клавир; Det veltempererte klaver; The Well-Tempered Klavier; BWV 846–893; BWV 846-893
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 383145911073927060072; GND: 300011881; SELIBR: 226798; [2 more...]SUDOC: 117981524; BNF: 139151495
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 846–869 ; BC L 80-103
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 721
Key Uses all major and minor keys (together with Das wohltemperierte Klavier II)
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 24 preludes and fugues:
  • Early version, BWV 846a-869a
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  1. Prelude and Fughetta in C major, BWV 846a
  2. Prelude and Fughetta in C minor, BWV 847a
  3. Prelude and Fughetta in C-sharp major, BWV 848a
  4. Prelude and Fughetta in C-sharp minor, BWV 849a
  5. Prelude and Fughetta in D major, BWV 850a
  6. Prelude and Fughetta in D minor, BWV 851a
  7. Prelude and Fughetta in E-flat major, BWV 852a
  8. Prelude and Fughetta in E-flat minor, BWV 853a
  9. Prelude and Fughetta in E major, BWV 854a
  10. Prelude and Fughetta in E minor, BWV 855a
  11. Prelude and Fughetta in F major, BWV 856a
  12. Prelude and Fughetta in F minor, BWV 857a
  13. Prelude and Fughetta in F-sharp major, BWV 858a
  14. Prelude and Fughetta in F-sharp minor, BWV 859a
  15. Prelude and Fughetta in G major, BWV 860a
  16. Prelude and Fughetta in G minor, BWV 861a
  17. Prelude and Fughetta in A-flat major, BWV 862a
  18. Prelude and Fughetta in G-sharp minor, BWV 863a
  19. Prelude and Fughetta in A major, BWV 864a
  20. Prelude and Fughetta in A minor, BWV 865a
  21. Prelude and Fughetta in B-flat major, BWV 866a
  22. Prelude and Fughetta in B-flat minor, BWV 867a
  23. Prelude and Fughetta in B major, BWV 868a
  24. Prelude and Fughetta in B minor, BWV 869a
  • Later version, BWV 846-869
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  1. Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
  2. Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
  3. Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848
  4. Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
  5. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850
  6. Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
  7. Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852
  8. Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853
  9. Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854
  10. Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
  11. Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856
  12. Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857
  13. Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 858
  14. Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
  15. Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 860
  16. Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861
  17. Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
  18. Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
  19. Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 864
  20. Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
  21. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866
  22. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867
  23. Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868
  24. Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. early 1720s
First Publication. 1801 - Wien: Hoffmeister & Co., Plate 53 (see also here)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation keyboard
Related Works Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Nos.14-18): Preludes Nos.1a-12 (BWV 846a-857)
Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach (No.28): Prelude No.1 (BWV 846)
External Links Wikipedia article
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List of Intermediate Piano Repertoire
Keyboard Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
French Overture, BWV 831
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
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