The term 'Prelude' denotes a single-movement, freely worked composition, generally written for a keyboard instrument or lute. After an initial flowering in the early Baroque period, the prelude reached its fullest artistic development in the work of J. S. Bach. This collection of Little Preludes in the well-known 'Piano Classics' series is intended for teaching purposes and provides a reliable text, an introduction as well as a table for the realization of J. S. Bach's ornaments and trills.

12 Little Preludes: C major (BWV 924) - C major (BWV 939) - C minor (BWV 999) - D major (BWV 925) - D minor (BWV 926) - D minor (BWV 940) - E minor (BWV 941) - F major (BWV 927) - F major (BWV 928) - G minor (BWV 929) - G minor (BWV 930) - A minor (BWV 942) - 6 Little Preludes: C major (BWV 933) - C minor (BWV 934) - D minor (BWV 935) - D major (BWV 936) - E major (BWV 937) - E minor (BWV 938) - Appendix: Praeludium I C major (The Well-Tempered Piano I) (BWV 846) - Praeludium C major (Piano Book for W.F. Bach, No. 26) (BWV 924a) - Applicatio C major (Piano Book for W.F. Bach, No. 1) (BWV 994)