The Well-Tempered Clavier

collection of solo keyboard music by J.S. Bach
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The Well-Tempered Clavier
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The Well-Tempered Clavier

Summary

The Well-Tempered Clavier is a series of creative works[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of series_of_creative_works entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,615 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Well-Tempered Clavier authored Johann Sebastian Bach[3].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's instance of is recorded as series of creative works[4].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[5].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's instance of is recorded as creative work[6].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's composer is recorded as Johann Sebastian Bach[7].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier is associated with the Baroque music movement[8].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's Commons category is recorded as The Well-Tempered Clavier[9].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier comprises The Well-Tempered Clavier 1[10].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier comprises The Well-Tempered Clavier 2[11].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's catalog code is recorded as 846-893[12].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier was published on January 1, 1744[13].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's has edition or translation is recorded as Open Well-Tempered Clavier[14].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's instrumentation is recorded as harpsichord[15].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's instrumentation is recorded as organ[16].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's instrumentation is recorded as keyboard instrument[17].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Well-Tempered Clavier[18].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's Commons gallery is recorded as Well-Tempered Clavier[19].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's has characteristic is recorded as music written in all 24 major and minor keys[20].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q929848', 'amount': '+96'}[21].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3408995', 'amount': '+48'}[22].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q571', 'amount': '+2'}[23].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's has part is recorded as prelude and fugue[24].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].
  • The Well-Tempered Clavier's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Genre(s): classical[27]

  • Community tags: classical, keyboard[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bd511c33-29d3-332d-b2b7-7753d3cf42af[29]

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include series of creative works[4], musical work/composition[5], and creative work[6].

History and Context

The Well-Tempered Clavier's catalog code is recorded as 846-893[12].

Why It Matters

The Well-Tempered Clavier ranks in the top 7% of series_of_creative_works entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,615 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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