Präludium in C Minor (BWV 84The Well-Tempered Clavier
(German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier BWV 846–893), is
a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. He gave the title to a book of preludes
and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722,
composed "for the profit and use of musical youth
desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of
those already skilled in this study". Bach later
compiled a second book of the same kind, dated 1742,
with the title ...(+)
Präludium in C Minor (BWV 84The Well-Tempered Clavier
(German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier BWV 846–893), is
a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. He gave the title to a book of preludes
and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722,
composed "for the profit and use of musical youth
desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of
those already skilled in this study". Bach later
compiled a second book of the same kind, dated 1742,
with the title Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues. The two
works are now considered to make up a single work, The
Well-Tempered Clavier, or "the 48", and are referred to
as The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I and The
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, respectively. This
collection is generally regarded as being among the
most influential works in the history of Western
classical music.
The prelude is only 38 bars long, and for the most
part, consists of a repeating motif of running
sixteenth notes in the form of broken chords in both
voices.
Although originally written for keyboard, I created
this arrangement for Viola and Cello Duet.
PARTITION