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Clavier-Übung
Clavier-Übung, in more modern spelling Klavierübung, is German for "keyboard exercise". In the late 17th and early 18th centuries this was a common title for keyboard music collections: first adopted by Johann Kuhnau in 1689,Wollf (1991) p.189Boy ...
'' (keyboard practice) volumes by
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...
, all of them
published during his lifetime:
# ''
Clavier-Übung I'', for
harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...
, contains six
partita
Partita (also ''partie'', ''partia'', ''parthia'', or ''parthie'') closely resemble the dance suites of the Baroque music, Baroque Period (and are often used synonymously with Suite (music), suites) with the addition of a prelude movement at the ...
s,
BWV
The (, ; BWV) is a Catalogues of classical compositions, catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990 and the third edition in ...
825–830, which were published separately from 1726 to 1730, and then grouped into one publication in 1731
# ''
Clavier-Übung II
''Clavier-Übung II'' is a collection of harpsichord compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was published in 1735. Written for performance on a two- manual harpsichord, it contrasts the Italian style of that time with the French style. While ...
'', for harpsichord with two
manuals, contains the ''
Italian Concerto'', BWV 971 and the
Overture in the French style, BWV 831
The ''Overture in the French style'', BWV 831, original title ''Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art'', also known as the ''French Overture'' and published as the second half of the '' Clavier-Übung II'' in 1735 (paired with the '' Italian Concert ...
, and was published in 1735
# ''
Clavier-Übung III
The ''Clavier-Übung III'', sometimes referred to as the ''German Organ Mass'', is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–36 and published in 1739. It is considered Bach's most significant and extensiv ...
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organ
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Musical instruments
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, contains the
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552
Prelude may refer to:
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*Prelude (music), a musical form
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*Chorale prelude, a short liturgical composition fo ...
,
21 chorale preludes, BWV 669–689, and the
Four Duets, BWV 802–805, and was published in 1739
# ''Clavier-Übung IV'', better known as the ''
Goldberg Variations
The ''Goldberg Variations'' (), BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of thirty variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may ...
'', for harpsichord with two manuals, was published in 1741
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Publications of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach