Reprises variées

Written-out ornamented repeats — the reprises are fully notated with embellishments rather than left to the performer's improvisation. CPE Bach's Wq. 50 is built entirely on this principle, making the collection a practical model of 18th-century keyboard ornamentation.

Study the written-out reprises in Wq. 50 as a guide to improvised ornamentation in other works by CPE Bach and his contemporaries. The patterns and density of embellishment in the reprises represent his intended style throughout.