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Familiar title of the two collections of 24 preludes and fugues in all the keys by J.S. Bach. The first book, entitled Das wohltemperirte Clavier, was composed in 1722; the second, untitled, dates mainly from 1738-42. See Well-tempered clavier.



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XLVIII
Ab urbe condita 801
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -1796 – -1795
Berber calendar 998
Buddhist calendar 592
Burmese calendar -590
Byzantine calendar 5556 – 5557
Chinese calendar 丁未年十一月廿六日
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戊申年十一月初七日
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Iranian calendar 574 BP – 573 BP
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Korean calendar 2381
Thai solar calendar 591

Year 48 (XLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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