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English: Title page of "Das Wohltemperirte Clavier" (Book 1, 1722)
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Source Taken from the Bach Gesamtausgabe (BGA), vol. 44 [B.W. XLIV]: "Joh. Seb. Bach's handschrift" (Joh.Seb.Bach's manuscripts), Originally published by the Bach-Gesellschaft in Leipzig, 1895. This image is in the public domain.
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Das Wohltemperirte Clavier.
oder
Præludia, und
Fugen durch alle Tone und Semitonia,
So wohl tertiam majorem oder Ut Re Mi anlan-
gend, als auch
tertiam minorem oder Re
Mi Fa betreffend. Zum
Nutzen und Gebrauch der Lehr-begierigen
Musicalischen Jugend, als auch derer in diesem
stu-
dio schon habil seyenden besonderem
ZeitVertreib auffgesetzet
und verfertiget von

Johann Sebastian Bach.
p. t: HochFürstlich Anhalt-
Cöthenischen Capel-
Meistern und
Di-
rectore derer
Camer
Mu-
siquen.
Anno
1722.

English translation

The Well-Tempered Clavier
or
Preludes and
Fugues through all the tones and semitones
including those with a major third or Ut Re Mi
as well as those with a minor third or Re
Mi Fa. For the profit and use of
musical youth desirous of learning
and especially for the pastime
of those already skilled in
this study composed and prepared by
Johann Sebastian Bach
at present
Capellmeister to
His Serene
Highness
the Prince
of Anhalt-Cothen,
and director
of His
Chamber Music.
Anno
1722

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