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Summary

Description First page of autograph manuscript of Fugue in A-flat major BWV 886/2, Book 2 of the Well Tempered Clavier. Image downloaded using dezoomify tool and edited with GIMP software. (The earlier autograph manuscript of the London source is available in the British Library as a digitised image , also suitable for downloading by the dezoomify tool.)
Date 1743–1746
Source Digitised manuscript , Berlin State Library, Bach digital archive
Author
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) wikidata:Q1339 s:en:Author:Johann Sebastian Bach q:en:Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Alternative names
Bach; J.S. Bach; J. S. Bach; J S Bach
Description German composer and musician
Date of birth/death 21 March 1685 (in Julian calendar ) Edit this at Wikidata 28 July 1750 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Eisenach Leipzig
Work period between 1703 and 1749
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1703-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1749-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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creator QS:P170,Q1339

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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