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Johann Sebastian Bach: WTC 2

Bach wrote the second set of 24 preludes and fugues some sixteen years after the first one.
By this time the fugue was more or less out of fashion, and Bach had begun to attract some criticism for his unnaturally intricate style of composition.
It’s not unlikely that he wrote this second set partly with the aim of silencing his critics, once again demonstrating how the fugue could be made to absorb all sorts of styles and expressions.


Sheet Music Downloads:

Title Key Published Type Level
Prelude & Fugue BWV 870 no 1C Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 871 no 2C Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 872 no 3C-sharp Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 873 no 4C-sharp Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 874 no 5D Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 875 no 6D Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 876 no 7E-flat Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 877 no 8D-sharp Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 878 no 9E Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 879 no 10E Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 880 no 11F Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 881 no 12F Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 882 no 13F-sharp Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 883 no 14F-sharp Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 884 no 15G Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 885 no 16G Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 886 no 17A-flat Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 887 no 18G-sharp Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 888 no 19A Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 889 no 20A Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 890 no 21B-flat Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 891 no 22B-flat Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 892 no 23B Major 1738 Polyphonic 8
Prelude & Fugue BWV 893 no 24B Minor 1738 Polyphonic 8



Posts in the piano forum about WTC 2 by Bach:

xx Well-Tempered Clavier
April 05, 2009, 03:15:31 AM by gnomus

hi, i'm looking for some Well-Tempered Clavier analysis for a  search at school. I need some web link or anything else, in english or in frech.

 Tank to everyone

Sorry for the mystake, I'm a french guy


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xx Good first Bach WTC?
March 21, 2009, 12:29:32 AM by kelly_kelly

I've never played a Bach Prelude and Fugue set, though I've always wanted to. Since I don't really have much repertoire at the moment, I thought this might be a good time to begin one. To give an idea of what I can play, I'm currently working on the first two Barber Excursions and Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales. In the recent past I have played Beethoven Op. 14 no. 2 and the first movement of Schubert D. 537. I'm ashamed to say I haven't played much Bach except the prelude to the second English Suite in A minor.

My favorites from the WTC include:

WTC I: C# major, Eb major, D# minor, E major,  G major, A minor
WTC II: C# minor, F minor, F# minor, A minor, B minor (these are fewer because I'm - unfortunately - not as familiar with WTC II)

Bolded are my two overall favorites. But though these are my top choices, I'm willing to settle for other pieces if the ones listed here are out of my league. Any suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated Smiley

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xx Recommended artists albums for WTC and Beethovens complete sonatas?
April 05, 2008, 03:29:59 AM by littl3sh33p

Hello!
Does anyone know which album of complete Well tempered Clavier and Beethoven complete sonatas I can buy? Who are the good interpreters of such works?
So far I have Daniel Barenboim's WTC book 1, fredrich Gulda's WTC book 2, and Claudio Arrau's Beethovens. What more?

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xx Favorite Bach P+F
November 21, 2007, 12:51:18 AM by alpacinator1

Which is your favorite bach prelude and Fugue? My favorite is XXI from the Well-Tempered Clavier book 1. I like it because the prelude is kind of crazy, and the fugue doesn't sound as wierd and atonal as most fugues do.

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