Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major (WTC I), BWV 846
by Johann Sebastian Bach
PianoHarpsichordBaroquePrelude and Fugue~4 minintermediate
The opening piece of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I. The Prelude's flowing broken chords became the foundation for Gounod's Ave Maria. The four-voice fugue is a model of contrapuntal writing and one of the first pieces many students encounter when studying Bach.
Editions
Henle Verlag
Ernst-Günter Heinemann, 2007
Urtext with fingerings by Andras Schiff. The modern standard for WTC performance.
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Kalmus (reprint)
Hans Bischoff, 1883
Historic critical edition. Still valued for Bischoff's scholarly notes, though superseded by modern Urtexts.
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