Clavier-Übung

Clavier-Übung, in more modern spelling Klavierübung, is German for "keyboard exercise". In the late 17th and early 18th centuries this was a common title for keyboard music collections: first adopted by Johann Kuhnau in 1689,[1][2] the term later became mostly associated with Johann Sebastian Bach's four Clavier-Übung publications.[1]

The following composers published works under the title Clavier-Übung:

  • Johann Sebastian Bach:[1][2]
  • Ferruccio Busoni
    • Klavierübung (1918–1925)
  • Christoph Graupner:
    • Leichte Clavier-Übungen (c.1730)
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs
    • Clavier Ubung Bestehend in verschiedenen vorspielen und veränderungen einiger Kirchen Gesaenge Nürnberg, J.U. Haffner, c. 1744)
    • Clavier-Ubung bestehet in einer [...] Suite [...] Zweyter Theil (Nürnberg, J.U. Haffner, c. 1744)
    • Clavier-Ubung bestehend in sechs Sonatinen … IIIter Theil (Nürnberg, J.U. Haffner, c. 1744)
  • Johann Philipp Kirnberger
  • Johann Krieger
    • Anmuthige Clavier-Übung (1698)
  • Johann Kuhnau:[1][2]
    • Neuer Clavier-Übung, erster Theil (1689)
    • Neuer Clavier-Übung, anderer Theil (1692)
  • Vincent Lübeck
    • Clavier Übung (1728)
  • Georg Andreas Sorge
    • Clavier Übung in three parts, 18 sonatas for harpsichord (1738–c.1745)
    • Clavier Übung in two parts, 24 preludes for organ or clavichord (1739–42)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wollf (1991) p.189
  2. ^ a b c Boyd (2006) p.193)

Sources

  • Wolff, Christoph (1991), "Chapter 15: The Clavier-Übung Series", Bach: essays on his life and music, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-05926-3
  • Boyd, Malcolm (2006), Bach, The Master Musicians Series (3 ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-530771-2

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