
THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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George Allen & Unwin, London, 1976. ISBN 0-04-786005-7. Hard cover, 207 pages including Supplement and A Closing Word. Translated by Leigh Gerdine. Very good plus; red cloth with silver lettering on spine; binding sound, red top stain with a spot of soil. Dust jacket has a few short edge tears, some rubs and a bit of soil, light edge creases, publisher’s sticker on lower front flap. Book interior clean and unmarked; black & white frontis. ‘His suggestions for the performer are based upon the best contemporary scholarship, brought to bear in practical terms. … By treading a middle ground between the superficial introduction to the work and the excessively scholarly, this book hopes to advance the standard of understanding of a major keyboard work of Bach and to be a helpful guide to the performer who wants to play the preludes and fugues from an Urtext edition. (from front flap)