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...

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...

(Piano Solo Songbook). Have some fun jazzing up some Bach on your keyboard As only he can, Phillip Keveren presents 15 unique interpretations of Bach masterpieces in this collection. Titles include: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 * Menuet in G Major, BMV Anh. 114 * Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 * Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847 * Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 * Sleepers, Awake, BWV 140 * Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 * Two-Part Invention in a Minor, BWV 784 * and more.

Several transcripts have been made of Johann Sebastian Bach's lute works over the past 150 years. Due to the simultaneous harmonic and melodic character of the lute and the lute harpsichord, favored by Bach, these usually evoke the original sound with a combination of several instruments (for example, Zoltan Kodaly's transcription of the lute prelude in C minor for cello and piano). The joint work of cellist Tamas Zetenyi (*1985) and composer Marcell Dargay (*1980) is exceptional in that respect that it transfers all movements of the lute suite in C minor, including the fugue, to a single...