Bach drew on some preexisting pieces in compiling the Well-Tempered Clavier, on occasion transposing a piece into a new key to fill out the roster of tonalities. Yet Bach’s commanding sense of ...

The preludes and fugues that make up Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” operate on multiple levels at once — they’re a compilation of techniques for keyboard writing, a polemic on the ...

And indeed, the two books of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier – two sets of Prelude- and Fugue-pairs that traverse each major and minor key (thus 96 individual pieces altogether) – are always ...

the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier. It is often said that in the cast of music’s immortal figures, Bach is the one we know least about. Unlike his contemporary George Frideric Handel, who ...

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 : Prelude The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 : Fugue The Well-Tempered ...

The panelists will discuss Baroque harpsichords and the legacy of Bach's keyboard music. The event will also feature the premiere of the complete The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 playlist ...

The Well-Tempered Clavier I, BWV 846-869: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 The Well-Tempered Clavier I, BWV 846-869: Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 The Well-Tempered Clavier I, BWV 846-869 ...

Tom Service explores JS Bach's extraordinary The Well-Tempered Clavier. Why is it so widely seen as such a cornerstone of classical music? Tom Service explores JS Bach's extraordinary The Well ...

Some 250 years after the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, four noted classical pianists tackle the composer's "The Well-Tempered Clavier," a collection of keyboard pieces often referred to as the ...

Daniel Barenboim’s extraordinary traversal of the 48 preludes and fugues of Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier,” which he recently presented in two marathon recitals at Orchestra Hall ...