<P> The Well - Tempered Clavier , BWV 846 -- 893 , is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys , composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach . In the German of Bach 's time Clavier ( keyboard ) was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments , most typically a harpsichord or clavichord -- but not excluding an organ either . </P>
<P> The Well - Tempered Clavier , BWV 846 -- 893 , is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys , composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach . In the German of Bach 's time Clavier ( keyboard ) was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments , most typically a harpsichord or clavichord -- but not excluding an organ either . </P>
a composer famous for his fugues especially the collection the well-tempered clavier
a composer famous for his fugues especially the collection the well-tempered clavier
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach