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The Well-Tempered Clavier

Das wohltemperierte Klavier

art material performance music music work core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, composer

Canon Rationale

A core Western music collection, included for tonal practice, counterpoint, keyboard pedagogy, fugue, prelude form, and the long history of musical canon and training.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 97.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'The Well-Tempered Clavier'.
  • museum record: IMSLP work page for Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier I, BWV 846-869.

Audit Flags

version dependency, performance context required

Sensitivity Flags

performance context required

Completion unit: listen to or study a defined selection from the collection, such as Book I or named prelude/fugue pairs.

Reading Lists