J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1

This edition was edited by Willard Palmer who includes numerous pages of helpful information. The editorial notes are printed in faint print. There are 24 Preludes and Fugues - a Prelude and Fugue in each key moving up chromatically. Contents: 1. Thematic index 2. Introduction 3. Why a new edition 4. The sources 5. Sample research worksheets 6. How the basic text was prepared 7. The preludes 8. The unity of prelude & fugue 9. The fugue 10. Ornamentation 11. Conventional alterations of rhythm 12. Notes ineagles 13. Phrasing & articulation 14. Dynamics 15. Tempo 16. Pedaling 17. About pitch notation in the footnotes 18. Articulation tables 19. Recordings 20. Select bibliography 21. Table of tempo indications