Invention 1, BWV 772 -- Urtext

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Bach's first invention : a cornerstone for all keyboard players! ♥

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Includes : One solo score (2 pages)

Difficulty level : Grade 7/12

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Program Notes on Invention 1, BWV 772 -- Urtext by Bach, J.S. :

This 22-measure invention has the following musical form :

- Mm. 1-6 : Theme exposed by the right hand (in C Major)

- Mm. 7-8 : Theme answered by the left hand (in the dominant, G Major)

- Mm. 9-22 : Theme re-exposed but in inverted form, and developed into a counterpoint between the two voices until the final cadence.

Please note that this score contains suggestions for playing the ornaments (in this case, trills and mordents) in accordance with Baroque performance practice.

Sources :

Johann Sebastian Bach, Inventions and Sinfonias (1723).
An earlier version exists in the Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach [Little Clavier Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach] (1720).

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Sheet music details :

INVENTION 1, BWV 772 -- URTEXT

(Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C Major - Inventio 1)
Composer :	Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Opus/catalog number :	BWV 772
Movements :	Inventio - Invention	Composition/First publication :	ca 1720, rev. 1723
Instrumentation :	Piano	Style :	Baroque (1600-1750)
Key :	C Major	Duration :	01:07
Edition :	Urtext (ed. M.A. Caux)	Difficulty :	Grade 7/12

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