Johann Sebastian Bach 2

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…clavier and for organ is of equal importance and includes the collection of 48 preludes and fugures known as THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, the GOLDBERG VARIATIONS, and the FRENCH and ENGLISH SUITES. Of his organ music, the most imporant examples are the choral preludes. He also wrote chamber music and songs. Two important works written in the later years illustrate the principles and potential of his polyphic art - THE MUSICAL OFFERING and THE ART OF FUGUE.