{"product_id":"bach-well-tempered-clavier-book-1-volume-2-notebook","title":"Johann Sebastian Bach — The Well-Tempered Clavier I, Volume 2 — Notebook","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.mtr-ficha .lede{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:20px;line-height:1.4;color:#1e1b17;margin:0 0 4px}\n.mtr-ficha .filete{width:34px;height:2px;background:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0;border:0}\n.mtr-ficha h4{font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0 8px}\n.mtr-ficha p{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.66;color:#4c443b;margin:0 0 12px}\n.mtr-ficha li{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#4c443b}\n.mtr-ficha em{font-style:italic}\n.mtr-ficha details{margin:2px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;padding:6px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha details[open] summary{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha .prov{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;color:#8a8075;line-height:1.5;margin:14px 0 0}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mtr-ficha\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lede\"\u003eThe second half of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, in Bach's own hand. Then pages of your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"filete\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe document\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1722, at the court of Köthen, Bach wrote out twenty-four preludes and fugues, a pair in every major and minor key, as a fair copy for his pupils to copy from. The autograph is kept today at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. This second volume follows its surviving second half, F-sharp major to B minor: leaves 25 recto to 45 verso, in order, with Bach's title page. One leaf is lost, with the whole F-sharp major fugue and the opening of the F-sharp minor prelude; the notebook shows where, and does not fill the gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eInside the notebook\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, a short guide of its own: the last fugue, whose subject sounds all twelve semitones of the octave in three bars, shown on Bach's page with the name of every note; why B-sharp is C on a keyboard; the title page in its six parts; how to read his score; the missing leaf and where the music resumes; and the paper, ink and repairs of a manuscript he kept revising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the manuscript, each verso facing the recto that follows it, every leaf at the same scale, 87% of its size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the pages are yours: 60 pages of staff paper, six systems of two staves to a page, ruled at the size and spacing of the staves Bach wrote on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA4, spiral-bound, it lies flat. This is the second of two volumes; the first holds the first twelve preludes and fugues, C major to F minor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eContinue reading ▾\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTwo dates\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title page says 1722. After the last bars of the B minor fugue the manuscript carries another date, 1732, added as Bach returned to his book a decade later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA4 portrait · 210 × 297 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiral-bound on the left · softcover · lies flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e120 pages — the guide, the title page and 42 pages of the manuscript, and 60 pages of staff paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100 gsm uncoated paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on demand in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prov\"\u003eJohann Sebastian Bach · Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Book I · autograph · 1722–23 · leaves 25 recto–45 verso · Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Mus.ms. Bach P 415\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Staff paper","offer_id":67603546210404,"sku":"SA-NB-BACH-WTC1-V2-STAFF","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/bach-well-tempered-clavier-book-1-volume-2-notebook-1.jpg?v=1790869119","url":"https:\/\/shop.metrica.art\/products\/bach-well-tempered-clavier-book-1-volume-2-notebook","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}