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. But what's the story behind it ...
Book 1 was written in 1722 when Bach was a young keyboardist in the German provinces. Book 2 was compiled - in 1742 - while Bach lived in Leipzig, having in the intervening two decades become ...