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- What did Bach say about the piano?
- What is Bach's most famous piano piece?
- What piano level is Bach?
- What is the name of the most important piano manuscript of all time that Bach wrote?
What did Bach say about the piano?
Sebastian Bach. He praised, indeed, admired, its tone; but he complained that it was too weak in the high register and too hard to play. This was taken greatly amiss by Mr. Silbermann, who could not bear to have any fault found in his handiworks.
What is Bach's most famous piano piece?
Taken from the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 is among Bach's most famous works and occupies a special place within classical music.
What piano level is Bach?
The levels of difficulty of the piano music published by G. Henle Publishers
| Level | gradetable | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | easy | Bach, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, nos. 4 and 5 |
| 2 | Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier I, no. 1 Prelude C major | |
| 3 | Beethoven, Piano Sonatas op. 49,1 and 2 | |
| 4 | medium | Grieg, Lyric Pieces op. 12, no. 4 |
What is the name of the most important piano manuscript of all time that Bach wrote?
The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time Clavier, meaning keyboard, indicated a variety of instruments, most typically the harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding the organ.
