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Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 870-893

German Title	Das Wohltemeprierte Clavier, Teil II
English Title	The Well-Tempered-Clavier, Book II (WTC 2)
French Title	Le Clavier bien tempéré, Livre II
Spanish Title	El clave bien temperado, Librito II
Works	Preludes & Fugues (24), for keyboard, BWV 870-893 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 1 in C major, BWV 870 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 872 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 873 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 5 in D major, BWV 874 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 7 in E flat major, BWV 876 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 877 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 9 in E major, BWV 878 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 11 in F major, BWV 880 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 13 in F sharp major, BWV 882 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 883 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 15 in G major, BWV 884 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 17 in A flat major, BWV 886 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 887 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 19 in A major, BWV 888 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 890 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 891 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 23 in B major, BWV 892 Prelude & Fugue for keyboard No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
Scoring	Harpsichord
	Score
References	Composed	BGA	NBA	BC	First Published
BWV 846-869	c1740	XIV	V/6.2	L104-127	Bonn, 1801
Music	Music Examples

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Recordings
Complete Recordings - Until 1950 Complete Recordings - 1951-1960 Complete Recordings - 1961-1970 Complete Recordings - 1971-1980 Complete Recordings - 1981-1990 Complete Recordings - 1991-2000 Complete Recordings - From 2001
Reviews
Reviews of Well-Tempered Clavier Book I: Comparative Review: Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier from Barenboim Review: Well-Tempered Clavier Book I - played by Daniel Barenboim Review: Till Fellner Records Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book I Review: Fischer’s WTC I on Naxos Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Pierre Hantai Review: Bach’s WTC - One More Time Review: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Christiane Jaccottet Review: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Kirkpatrick Review: Ton Koopman’s Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 Review: Bach’s Well Temepred Clavier Book 1 from a Legend Review: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Robert Levin Review: Bach & Shostakovich Preludes & Fugues from Olli Mustonen Review: Edward Parmentier Plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Review: Richter’s WTC Book 1 (3 Parts) Review: Schepkin’s Well Tempered Clavier, Book I (10 Parts) Review: WTC Book I - Tureck (1975-1976) Reviews of Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II: Review: A Terrific Trio of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier Review: Review: WTC By Ottavio Dantone Review: Samuel Feinberg’s Well Tempered Clavier (3 Parts) Review: Nikolayeva’s WTC Review: WTC Ruzickova
Discussions
Discussions of Well-Tempered Clavier Book I: General Discussions: Part 1 Discussions: WTC 1 BWV 846-869 - played by Till Fellner Discussions of Well-Tempered Clavier Book II: General Discussions: Part 1
Articles
Article: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier - Pitch, Tuning and Temperament Design [C. Francis]
Article: The Hänfling/Bümler Temperament - A Trigger for Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier? [T. Braatz]
Links
Title	Description	Author/Webmaster
Well-Tempered Clavier	Composition history, Later significance and influence, What tuning did Bach intend?, References, External links	Wikipedia
The Well-Tempered Clavier (24), collection of preludes & fugues, Book II, BWV 870-893	Composition Description	John Palmer / AMG
BACH - Well Tempered Clavier - complete recordings of both books	Recording list	Ron / University at Albany
J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier	MIDI Files	S.D. Rodian
Debby Lyttle's Home Page	A couple of short essays on the Well Tempered Clavier and Brandenburg Concertos	Debby Lyttle
Johann Sebastian Bach: the Well Tempered Tuning is Unequal	Technical essay, which instructs the reader about the correct harpsichord tuning for the WTC	Dr. Herbert A. Kellner
Music of Sacred Temperament	A Method for the WTC by J.S. Bach 2001 - A fiction	Iori Fujita
The Well Tempered Clavier	A Comment for the WTC - by Count Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk in 1744	Iori Fujita
Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores, and digital sound	Interactive analyses of Bach fugues with complete scores synchronized with digital sound and hyperlinked commentary.	Tim Smith & and David Korevaar
Cracking the "Bach" Code - Breakthrough WTC Recording	Peter Watchorn's WTC 1 reviewed in American Record Guide by Peter Catalano	Catalano
Bach's Art of Temperament	Article	Bradley Lehman
Bach's Extraordinary Temperament: Our Rosetta Stone	Article	Bradley Lehman
Johann Sebastian Bach's Tuning	Website	Bradley Lehman
Temperament derived from the 1722 title page	Article (1999) [German]	Andreas Sparschuh
The “Bach Temperament”:	Article	Kenneth Mobbs & Alexander Mackenzie
How tuned Bach?:	Discussion group	YahooGroups
J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier - In-depth Analysis and Interpretation	Full text of the 1951 book	Siglind Bruhn
J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemeprierte Clavier	Animated visualizations of the music [shockwave required]	Tim Smith / Northern Arizona University
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (February 2007)

Non-Vocal Works: Recordings, Reviews & Discussions | Order of Discussion
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