Originally published by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music in the 1920s, this new edition of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier offers illuminating perspectives on the work from a pair ofeminent musical interpreters.

A monument in the history of Western music, The Well-Tempered Clavier represents not only the culmination of J. S. Bach's own maturation process but also the impetusfor the emerging style and structure of modern Keyboard music. Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin were influenced by its polyphonic richness and depth of harmony, and Schumann counseled young musicians to 'make The Well-TemperedClavieryour daily bread.'

Book II of this two-volume set features Sir Donald Francis Tovey's analyses of 24 preludes and fugues, including suggestions for performance. In addition to commentaries by Tovey, a lauded Bach scholar and world-famous musicologist, the pieces are complemented by fingerings devised by Harold Samuel, a major Bach interpreter. Students, teachers, and professionals will appreciate this finely engraved and modestly priced version of Bach's enduring works.

Students, teachers, and professionals will appreciate this finely engraved and modestly priced version of Bach's enduring works.