Johann Sebastian Bach perhaps remains the greatest composer of what may in the best sense be called ‘educational music for youthful performers’. His
Prelude in E major is the penultimate of
Six Little Preludes while the
Praeambulum in G minor is from the
Little Keyboard Book written for his son Wilhelm Friedemann – two groups of pieces well designed to cultivate precise phrasing, clear part-playing and buoyant rhythm, among other qualities.
from notes by Max Harrison © 1986
