Well-tempered

Well-tempered words: yet his self-restraint shone forth even more in his acts than in his language.

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(Well-tempered Clavichord), better known in England under the title of

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

Well-tempered and beautiful weapons, red with blood, and whirled by heroes, created a blazing effulgence there, like flashes of lightning in the sky at the end of summer.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

These "Dialogues" remind me of a fugue in musical composition; only melody is wanting to make the resemblance perfect, for here, as in the "Well-tempered Harpsichord," one train of thought is taken up, viewed from every side and in every light -- that is to say, pursued through every possible key only to return and end at the original starting-point.

The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

Bach's 'Wohltemperirte Klavier' (Well-tempered Clavier), 'a feat, 'declared the writer,' which will be understood by the initiated. '

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

“Well-tempered Clavichord,” to which in those early days, he gave ardent study.

The World's Great Men of Music Brower, Harriette 1922

Bach in the key-roving idea of the "Well-tempered Clavier;" but that spirit died out of England, and found its latest avatar in such men as Robert Franz, who confessed that he had his first and fullest recognition from this country.

Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Rupert Hughes 1914

Lastly there were a few works of Bach, consisting of the Well-tempered Clavichord, some motets, three volumes of exercises, some inventions, symphonies and a toccato.

Beethoven A Character Study Fischer, George A 1905

His delight in Bach was great; he studied him to such purpose that, at twelve years, he was able to play the greater part of the Well-tempered Clavichord.

Beethoven A Character Study Fischer, George A 1905

"Well-tempered Clavichord," to which in those early days, he gave ardent study.

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898