Structure
Opus clavicembalisticum has twelve movements, of hugely varying dimensions: from a brief cadenza, lasting only three minutes, to a mammoth interlude, containing a toccata, adagio, and passacaglia (with 81 variations), requiring around an hour to play. The work's movements are set in three parts, each larger than the last:
| Pars prima | |
| I | Introito |
| II. | Preludio corale |
| III. | Fuga I |
| IV. | Fantasia |
| V. | Fuga II |
| Pars altera | |
| VI. | Interludium primum |
| VII. | Cadenza I |
| VIII. | Fuga III |
| Pars tertia | |
| IX. | Interludium alterum |
| X. | Cadenza II |
| XI. | Fuga IV |
| XII. | Coda-Stretta |
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