| Essay on the True Manner of Playing the Clavier Erster Teil | Part I |
Commentary (original text in black)
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| 3. Hauptstück. Vom Vortrage | Chapter 3. On performance |
| ...das vorgesetzte Moderato... | ...the prescribed moderato... |
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The tempo of the Fantasia (Wq 63/6/iii) is marked “Allegro. moderato.” Bach seems originally to have conceived the piece in a somewhat slower tempo; cf. CPEB:CW, I/3, p. 164. |
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