1. The Well Well Tempered empered Clavie Clavierr – Book 1 a. “P “Pre reludes ludes and fugues fugues through through all the tones tones and seimto seimtones nes both as regards the major third or Ut e !i and as a s "on"erns the minor third of e !i #a. #or the pro$t and use of the musi"al %outh desirous of learning& as 'ell as for f or the spe"ial pastime of those 'ho are alread% alread% skilled in this stud%. stud%. Composed and 'ritten do'n b% (ohann )ebastian Ba"h& p.t. Capplemeister to *is )erene *ighness& the Prin"e of +nhalt,Cothen and -ire"tor of *is Chamber !usi". +nno. 1//.0 b. Clavier Clavier meaning meaning ke%boar ke%board. d. n Ba"h2s time& time& that in"luded in"luded the "lavi"hord& the harpsi"hord& and the organ& as 'ell as the pianoforte. /. *istor stor% % a. The $rst "olle" "olle"tion tion of ke%bo ke%board ard pie"es pie"es in all /3 /3 ke%s ke%s b. Completed Completed in 1// 1// but but not published published until until 1451 1451 ". 6arlier 6arlier versions versions of some some of the prelude preludes s 'ere 'ere in"luded in"luded in 7lavierbu"hlein fur Wilhelm #riedeman Ba"h i. C8 !ajo !ajorr Pre Prelud lude e and and #ugu #ugue e 1. 9rigin 9riginall all% % in in C major major ii. ii. 6 !in !inor or Prelud elude e 1. n short short for for and to be be pla%ed pla%ed 'ith a""ompan%ing 6 major d. !anu !anus" s"ri ript pts s e. The onl% e:isti e:isting ng near,"om near,"omplete plete "op% "op% in Ba"h2s Ba"h2s o'n hand'riting is dated 1;/. )ome editors suggest that this autograph manus"ript 'as 'ritten in 1// and amended a mended b% Ba"h in 1;/. 9thers suggest that the 1// autograph has been lost. ;. Tunin uning g a. Well,T ell,Temperame emperament nt i. +llo'ed +llo'ed the a""eptable a""eptable perform performan"e an"e of of musi" musi" in ea"h of the 1/ major and 1/ minor ke%s ii. !eantone !eantone tempe temperame rament nt 'as 'as the s%stem s%stem in general general use before the adoption of 'ell,temperament favored spe"i$" ke%s. 1. + sharp sharp "ould "ould not fun"tio fun"tion n as a
3. The Preludes a. >o parti"ular restri"tions. b. ntrodu"tion to the #ugue ?. The #ugues a. Unit% bet'een prelude and fugue is usuall% through mood& st%le& or tempo& not ne"essaril% motivi". @. >otable 6ditions a. #ranA 7roll , C.#. Peters b. #ranA 7roll – Ba"h,esells"haft ". -r. *ans Bis"ho – 7almus d. +lfred 7reutA – Peters Urte:t e. 9tto von rmer – *enle Urte:t f. 6rnst,unter *einemann – *enle Urte:t g. -enhardD7raus – Wiener Urte:t h. Carl CAern% – )"hirmer i. #erru""io Busoni – 7almus i. )ubstituted 6b !ajor and !ajor #ugues bet'een books. j. 6d'in *ughes – )"hirmer k. +lfred -urr – Baerenreiter l. Willard +. Palmer – +lfred
