Robert Schumann wrote that all composers should make this work their "daily bread.
Robert Schumann wrote that all composers should make this work their "daily bread." Many scholars contend that this work was composed to demonstrate the musical possibilities of a tuning system in which the octave is divided into twelve equal semitones. This work was the foundation of Nadia Boulanger's musical pedagogy and is often called "the 48." It begins with a C-major progression of simple arpeggios. This polytonal work consists of two (*) books, the first composed in 1722 and the second in 1742, each of which contain twenty-four preludes and fugues in every key. For 10 points, name this collection of keyboard music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Robert Schumann wrote that all composers should make this work their "daily bread.
The Well-Tempered Clavier [or Das Wohltemperierte Klavier; or BWV 846-893]