It remains as faithful as possible to the original text, yet modifies the musical discourse through the addition of rhythmical variations or harmonic enrichment. Touched by the work, he decided to transcribe it for solo harpsichord and the Adagio in D Minor, BWV 974 was born. In Weimar, where he was an organist and first violin at court, he had the chance to read the score of the Oboe Concerto in D Minor by Alessandro Marcello. It was his father and then his brother who looked after the musical education of the young Johann Sebastian, but the young prodigy was also self-taught and curious about his past and contemporary peers, wanting to understand and discover other works and other styles in order to develop and polish his own composition style.Īs he was very curious to discover the work of his neighbours, Bach found out about many French and Italian composers such as Lully, Couperin and Rameau and Vivaldi, Corelli and Albinoni. Use the many Tomplay functions to help you learn this Prelude in the best possible way: adjust the tempo of the metronome for sight-reading, annotate your score, work on tricky passages in a loop and listen to Maurizio Pollini’s performance for Deutsche Grammophon just for pleasure or for inspiration. Finally, its style is close to that of a study and allows the pianist to work on playing smoothly. As far as its playing is concerned, it does not feature a great deal of subtlety, as the work was composed for the harpsichord the pianist can therefore work on his own performance. The alternating of the two hands and the arpeggiated chords largely facilitate reading the music and make it accessible to pupils with little experience. There are three educational interests in this Prelude: firstly, the simplicity of sight-reading. In the 1770s, these two books became a reference in music and, in particular, were studied by Haydn and Mozart. The second book was written in Leipzig twenty-two years later. With regard to this, Gounod’s Ave Maria, which marries a Latin text to the arpeggios, remains a major reworking of the Prelude.īach composed the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722, while he was working in Köthen for Prince Leopold d’Anhalt-Köthen.
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This composition, full of arpeggios, was transcribed, arranged and reinterpreted in many ways and still is today by contemporary artists. Its apparent simplicity takes nothing away from its perfection, and for good reason: it was re-worked by the composer several times before obtaining its final form. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 is among Bach’s most famous works and occupies a special place within classical music. Taken from the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Prelude and Fugue No. He never obtained a post which did justice to his talent, working for small towns of little importance and then in Leipzig, where he was only shown very slight appreciation. His career and life were spent in central Germany. The Bach family is the most prolific family of musicians in history and Johann Sebastian Bach was its most distinguished member. ▶️ See the Tomplay Collections of both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Prelude and Fugue No. Find out all about the history of their composition and choose which piece you want to sight-read and play! You can also find all the scores for piano with their fingering in the Tomplay app.ġ. In this article, we have selected ten of Bach's most beautiful works for you to play on the piano.