''Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach'' (Bach's original spelling: ''Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach'') is a collection of

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music compiled by the

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

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 ...

for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. It is frequently referred to simply as ''Klavierbüchlein''. Johann Sebastian began compiling the collection in 1720. Most of the pieces included are better known as parts of ''

The Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time ''clavier'' referred to a variety of keyboard instruments, ...

'' and the

Inventions and Sinfonias The Inventions and Sinfonias, Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, BWV 772–801, also known as the Two- and Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short Keyboard instrument, keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 Invention ...

. The authorship of most other works is debated: particularly the famous '' Little Preludes''

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924–932 are sometimes attributed to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.

The book begins with a

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that contains an explanation of

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s and a guide to playing

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. The pieces of the collection are arranged by complexity, beginning with the most simple works. Of these, Applicatio in C major BWV 994 and Prelude in G minor BWV 930 are particularly notable because they are the only surviving works that feature the fingering in Bach's own hand (the only other Bach piece with fingering marks is the C major Prelude BWV 870a, however, the marks are not in Bach's hand). They were probably added by

Johann Caspar Vogler Johann Caspar Vogler (23 May 1696 – 3 June 1763) was a German organist and composer taught by Johann Sebastian Bach. Biography He was born in Hausen, near Arnstadt; from 1706 he studied with Johann Sebastian Bach, who was organist there between ...

, Bach's pupil and successor at

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. Here is a complete list of pieces, in order of appearance in the manuscript, with the numbering as in most score editions: # BWV 994, Applicatio in C major # BWV 924, Prelude in C major # BWV 691, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (4),

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for

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# BWV 926, Prelude in D minor # BWV 753, Jesu, meine Freude (2), chorale prelude for organ (incomplete) # BWV 836,

Allemande An ''allemande'' (''allemanda'', ''almain(e)'', or ''alman(d)'', French: "German (dance)") is a Renaissance and Baroque dance, and one of the most common instrumental dance styles in Baroque music, with examples by Couperin, Purcell, Bach ...

in G minor (1). Possibly composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach # BWV 837, Allemande in G minor (2), incomplete. Possibly composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach # BWV 927, Prelude in F major # BWV 930, Prelude in G minor # BWV 928, Prelude in F major # BWV 841,

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in G major. Probably not by Johann Sebastian Bach. This piece was also included in the 1722 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach # BWV 842, Minuet in G minor # BWV 843, Minuet in G major # BWV 846a, Praeludium 1 in C major. Alternative version of the prelude from '' Prelude and Fugue in C major'' from the first book of ''

''. # BWV 847/1, Praeludium 2 in C minor (Prelude in C minor from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 851/1, Praeludium 3 in D minor (Prelude in D minor from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 850/1, Praeludium 4 in D major (Prelude in D major from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', incomplete) # BWV 855a, Praeludium 5 in E minor. Alternative version of the prelude from ''Prelude and Fugue in E minor'' from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier''. This was later arranged for

pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...

Alexander Siloti Alexander Ilyich Siloti (also Ziloti; Russian: Александр Ильич Зилоти; 9 October 18638 December 1945) was a Russian virtuoso pianist, conductor, and composer. Biography Alexander Siloti was born on his father's estate n ...

and

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into a Prelude in B minor. # BWV 854/1, Praeludium 6 in E major (Prelude in E major from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 856/1, Praeludium 7 in F major (Prelude in F major from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 848/1, Praeludium in C major (Prelude in C major from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 849/1, Praeludium in C minor (Prelude in C minor from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 853/1, Praeludium 0in E minor (Prelude in E minor from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # BWV 857/1, Praeludium 1in F minor (Prelude in F minor from the first book of ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'') # ''Piéce pour le Clavecin'',

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 ...

suite by . Two movements: I.

; II.

Courante The ''courante'', ''corrente'', ''coranto'' and ''corant'' are some of the names given to a family of triple metre dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era. In a Baroque dance suite an Italian or French courante is typically pair ...

. # BWV 924a, Prelude in C major (alternative version of BWV 924) # BWV 925, Prelude in D major # BWV 932, Prelude in E minor # BWV 931, Prelude in A minor # ''Baß-Skizze'' in G minor. Not included in the BWV catalogue. # BWV 953, '' Fuga a 3'' in C major. # BWV 772, Praeambulum 1 in C major (

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No. 1) # BWV 775, Praeambulum 2 in D minor (Invention No. 4) # BWV 778, Praeambulum 3 in E minor (Invention No. 7) # BWV 779, Praeambulum 4 in F major (Invention No. 8) # BWV 781, Praeambulum 5 in G major (Invention No. 10) # BWV 784, Praeambulum 6 in A minor (Invention No. 13) # BWV 786, Praeambulum 7 in B minor (Invention No. 15) # BWV 785, Praeambulum 8 in B major (Invention No. 14) # BWV 783, Praeambulum 9 in A major (Invention No. 12) # BWV 782, Praeambulum 10 in G minor (Invention No. 11) # BWV 780, Praeambulum 11 in F minor (Invention No. 9) # BWV 777, Praeambulum 12 in E major (Invention No. 6) # BWV 776, Praeambulum 13 in E major (Invention No. 5) # BWV 774, Praeambulum 14 in D major (Invention No. 3) # BWV 773, Praeambulum 15 in C minor (Invention No. 2) # BWV 824, Suite in A major by

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works. Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to b ...

. Three parts: Allemande, Courante and

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, TWV 32:14 # ''Partita di Signore Steltzeln'', harpsichord suite by

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (13 January 1690 – 27 November 1749) was a German composer of the Baroque music, Baroque era. Biography Early life Stölzel was born in Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Grünstädtel in Saxony on 13 January 1690. His fath ...

. Four movements: I.

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; II.

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Italien; III.

Bourrée The bourrée (; ; also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in Duple and quadruple meter, double time and often has a dactyl (poetry), ...

; IV. Minuet; With an additional movement composed by Bach: V. Menuet – Trio, BWV 929 # BWV 787, Fantasia 1 in C major (

Sinfonia Sinfonia (; plural ''sinfonie'') is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin ''symphonia'', in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία ''symphōnia'' (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and Φωνή (s ...

No. 1) # BWV 790, Fantasia 2 in D minor (Sinfonia No. 4) # BWV 793, Fantasia 3 in E minor (Sinfonia No. 7) # BWV 794, Fantasia 4 in F major (Sinfonia No. 8) # BWV 796, Fantasia 5 in G major (Sinfonia No. 10) # BWV 799, Fantasia 6 in A minor (Sinfonia No. 13) # BWV 801, Fantasia 7 in B minor (Sinfonia No. 15) # BWV 800, Fantasia 8 in B major (Sinfonia No. 14) # BWV 798, Fantasia 9 in A major (Sinfonia No. 12) # BWV 797, Fantasia 10 in G minor (Sinfonia No. 11) # BWV 795, Fantasia 11 in F minor (Sinfonia No. 9) # BWV 792, Fantasia 12 in E major (Sinfonia No. 6) # BWV 791, Fantasia 13 in E major (Sinfonia No. 5) # BWV 789, Fantasia 14 in D major (Sinfonia No. 3), incomplete.

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 17101 July 1784) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Despite his acknowledged genius as an improviser ...

, ,

and various anonymous contributors
''Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach'', angefangen in Cöthen den 22. Januar Ao. 1720.
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US-NHub Music Deposit 31 (''Klavierbüchlein für W. F. Bach'')

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