Bach - Prelude No. 1 in C Major One of the most famous movements from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, this prelude has become a standard piece not only for students but for concert pianists as well ...

At six, I started to tinker with the Prelude in C major from Book 1 on my living-room piano. At 13, I discovered Wendy Carlos’ Switched-on Bach, which ignited my passion for Bach in general and WTC ...

The song that plays in the video, the prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, sounds like F# major. The prelude, however, was composed in G major. Why tuning down the prelude? It comes down to an ...

Bach and, to a lesser extent, Shostakovich were his guides, but instead of working up from C major to arrive at B minor (Bach) or following a circle of fifths (Shostakovich), Brown cast his set in ...

Four moments in 'Prelude' to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1. Picture: Full score: Imslp On that occasion, Ma was talking of rebuilding a city after the destruction of a natural disaster like an earthquake.

This article presents the results of a notational study of J. S. Bach's use of time signatures in his free preludes and fugues for organ. Although studies of these works have focused on stylistic and ...

That famous cello prelude, deconstructed Why Bach’s G major prelude is the perfect piece of music.