The first book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in English had to say about this masterful work: "The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already versed in this particular study, by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anno 1722"...
The first book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in Engl...
The second book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in English had to say about this masterful work: "The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already versed in this particular study, by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anno...
The second book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in Eng...
Books 1 and 2 containing the complete 48 preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in English had to say about this masterful work: "The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already versed in this...
Books 1 and 2 containing the complete 48 preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here ...
It would appear that J.S. Bach really composed his two- and three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) on purpose to prepare his pupils for his larger works, - especially for his "Well-Tempered Clavier," - and as such they cannot be too urgently recommended. And to this day, a diligent study of these Inventions will greatly benefit every talented student of the piano who desires to rise above mediocrity; they will cultivate his musical taste and develop his technic. For in no modern, easy piece of music is the left hand given so independent of a treatment of the theme as in these Inventions. Edited...
It would appear that J.S. Bach really composed his two- and three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) on purpose to prepare his pupils for his larger works, -...