{"id":10976,"date":"2024-04-24T09:14:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T09:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/?p=10976"},"modified":"2025-07-06T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T04:54:13","slug":"bach-prelude-no-1-book-i-schwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/bach-prelude-no-1-book-i-schwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach &#8211; Prelude No. 1, Book I &#8211; Schwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_C_major,_BWV_846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Prelude No. 1 <\/em><\/a>in C Major, BWV 846, is a keyboard composition written by <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/j-s-bach\/\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>. It is the first prelude in the first book of <em>The Well-Tempered Clavier<\/em>, a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys. Both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier were widely circulated in manuscript, but printed copies were not made until 1801, by three publishers almost simultaneously in Bonn, Leipzig and Zurich. An early version of the prelude, BWV 846A, is found in the Klavierb\u00fcchlein f\u00fcr Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IImakFsEHL8?si=xi96mFK_QxKdyBN9&amp;start=21\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='code-block code-block-10' style='margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;'>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sound and Colored Notes \u2014 Start or Improve Your Music Reading!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oKf1357ljBE?si=gKdi9M_I7YPF_H-T\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLfwFLayAiGs0ME6Bgjx0aNQMbmjW3K3IC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andante \u2014 Moderato \u2014 Bass Clef \u2014 Do Re Mi... Si\/Ti \u2014 All Videos<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n\n<h2>Prelude No. 1, Other Performance<\/h2>\n<h3>Maurizio Pollini<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/pollini\/\">More videos by Maurizio Pollini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/bach-prelude-1-book-i-pollini\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bach-prelude-1-book-1-c-major-pollini.jpg\" alt=\"Bach - Prelude No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 - Maurizio Pollini, Piano\" width=\"722\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bach-prelude-1-book-1-c-major-pollini.jpg 722w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bach-prelude-1-book-1-c-major-pollini-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Yang, Guitar<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/bach-prelude-c-major-yang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bach-Prelude-in-C-major-BWV-846-Yang-Guitar.jpg\" alt=\"The Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang performs Bach's Prelude in C major from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bach-Prelude-in-C-major-BWV-846-Yang-Guitar.jpg 735w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bach-Prelude-in-C-major-BWV-846-Yang-Guitar-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. 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