Most of the pieces included are better known as parts of The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Inventions and Sinfonias.
The authorship of most other works is debated: particularly the famous Little Preludes BWV 924–932 are sometimes attributed to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
The book begins with a preface that contains an explanation of clefs and a guide to playing ornaments.
They were probably added by Johann Caspar Vogler, Bach's pupil and successor at Weimar.
[1] Here is a complete list of pieces, in order of appearance in the manuscript, with the numbering as in most score editions:[2]