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DAS WOHLTEMPERIERTE CLAVIER (book 1 & 2)
for keyboard (after J. S. Bach) | 240'ca. (2006) download | purchase* there are two audio versions, one on harpsichord and the other on piano.
PROGRAM NOTE
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) BWV 846−893 is a set of 48 Preludes and Fugues for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach who gave the title "Das Wohltemperirte Clavier" to a set of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys, major and minor, dated 1722, composed "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study". Some 20 years later, Bach compiled a second book of the same kind (24 pairs of preludes and fugues). The entire collection is generally regarded as one of the most important works in the history of classical music.
This original piece presents a deliberately distorted reimagining of the source work—a personal transformation of Bach’s music, as though his art were reflected through a broken mirror.
The practice of revisiting, recreating, and reinterpreting historical works stems from my admiration for Pablo Picasso’s Las Meninas, itself conceived in dialogue with Diego Velázquez’s masterpiece. The much-cited phrase attributed to Picasso—“Good artists copy, great artists steal”—captures a philosophy of creative adaptation and transformation: not imitation, but the absorption and reconfiguration of existing works so they may re-emerge as something both personal and new. In this sense, transformation becomes a key to innovation, grounded in a deep and active engagement with artistic heritage.
* audio version on piano
* audio version on harpsichord
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