Well-Tempered

At nearby listening stations, you can hear her playing Bach's Goldberg Variations and Well-Tempered Clavier.

Remembering the Heroine of the Harpsichord A. J. Goldmann 2011

When Frederic Chopin set off for a vacation in Majorca in 1838, he packed his mistress under one arm and a copy of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" under the other.

PERFORMING ARTS 2011

Some of his most famous works include: The Brandenburg Concertos, the Well-Tempered Clavier, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (often played at Halloween), and The Art of Fugue.

Five People Born on March 21 | myFiveBest 2010

It stood by her side as she washed the dishes, or helped Marina Delgado, her best student, struggle through the Well-Tempered Clavier while she half listened, half watched the dust motes hanging in the air, lit by the afternoon light coming through the louvered windows of her apartment.

ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010

Whatever the musicological arguments for or against a fortepiano may be in these works, it is fascinating to hear how the instrument changes the way the three viola da gamba sonatas and excerpts from "The Well-Tempered Clavier" sound.

Album reviews: 17th century works for viola da gamba 2010

J.S. Bach may not have been the first keyboardist to couple a prelude with a fugue (Buxtehude beat him by several decades), but his series of Preludes and Fugues that form the Well-Tempered Clavier became a nearly continuous source of inspiration for countless composers who followed.

On CD: Melnikov's Shostakovich 2010

There he witnessed compatriot pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva playing the Well-Tempered Clavier, and quickly began composing his own set of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys.

On CD: Melnikov's Shostakovich 2010

It stood by her side as she washed the dishes, or helped Marina Delgado, her best student, struggle through the Well-Tempered Clavier while she half listened, half watched the dust motes hanging in the air, lit by the afternoon light coming through the louvered windows of her apartment.

ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010

As a child in Warsaw, Chopin was nourished on the then practically unknown preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in each of the major and minor keys and collectively known as "The Well-Tempered Clavier."

Chopin's Small Miracles David Dubal 2010

During the creation of the Preludes he was particularly obsessed with Bach, and took "The Well-Tempered Clavier" with him on a vacation to Majorca in November 1838, where the Preludes were refined and polished.

Chopin's Small Miracles David Dubal 2010