# What's So Great About the 48?

David Plylar of the Music Division offers a few ways to listen to music from the first volume of J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. The talk uses the recordings of Benjamin Alard, who performed the entire first book of the WTC on the harpsichord as part of the 2022-23 Concerts from the Library of Congress series, and in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the work's composition.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: Library Of Congress. Music Division
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698362/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024698362?play=1)