From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!rabbit!ark Newsgroups: net.music Title: WTC range Article-I.D.: rabbit.517 Posted: Wed Jun 9 16:09:39 1982 Received: Thu Jun 10 01:32:01 1982 Does anyone know the compass of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier? Prelude 1 of Book II goes from C two octaves below middle C to C two octaves above middle C. I have not yet found any WTC pieces with a wider range. Before I conduct a methodical search of all 96 preludes and fugues, does anyone out there know for sure?