Prelude No. 1 in C major

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Level: 5
Bars: 35

Opening the practice room…

The original engraving

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 41, bars 1–3 — Page 41 · bars 1–3

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 41, bars 4–7 — Page 41 · bars 4–7

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 41, bars 8–11 — Page 41 · bars 8–11

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 41, bars 12–15 — Page 41 · bars 12–15

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 41, bars 16–19 — Page 41 · bars 16–19

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 41, bars 20–23 — Page 41 · bars 20–23

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 42, bars 24–27 — Page 42 · bars 24–27

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 42, bars 28–31 — Page 42 · bars 28–31

Prelude No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 42, bars 32–35 — Page 42 · bars 32–35

Where this comes from

Read from: Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Jg. XIV (Clavierwerke Bd. 3), Breitkopf & Haertel, Leipzig, c.1866, ed. Franz Kroll

How: pdmx-117279 (publicdomain (PDMX/MuseScore, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)), checked against the scan; pdmx-949476 (cc-zero (PDMX/MuseScore, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)), checked against the scan; mutopia-5 (Public Domain (Mutopia; typeset by Tobias Erbsland)), checked against the scan

Free to share: Johann Sebastian Bach d. 1750; first published 1801

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