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Which educational keyboard works did Johann Sebastian Bach compile for his son Wilhelm Friedemann?

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Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand. — Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach.

To provide instruction for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Sebastian Bach compiled a collection of keyboard pieces titled the Klavierbüchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Little Keyboard Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach), which he began on January 22, 1720.12

This pedagogical work was designed to guide his son's musical development and included various compositions that served as foundational training in keyboard performance and technique.12