Invention 11, BWV 782 -- Urtext

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

A challenging two-part invention by Bach!

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Includes : One solo score (3 pages)

Difficulty level : Grade 8/12

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Program Notes on Invention 11, BWV 782 -- Urtext by Bach, J.S. :

Please note that this score contains suggestions for playing the ornaments in accordance with Baroque performance practice :

Mordents (as in measure 2, left hand) are played very quickly, with a incisive character
Trills (as in measure 7) are played ON the beat and begin on the upper auxiliary note
Turns (as in measure 10, third beat) begin on the note above the principal note, and are played quite rapidly
Ascending trill with termination (measure 10, fourth beat) again is played ON the beat and consists of three parts : a prefix from below, the trill, and the suffix (termination)

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 11, BWV 782 -- URTEXT

(Two-Part Invention No. 11 in G minor - Inventio 11)
Composer :	Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Opus/catalog number :	BWV 782
Movements :	Inventio - Invention	Composition/First publication :	ca 1720, rev. 1723
Instrumentation :	Piano	Style :	Baroque (1600-1750)
Key :	G minor	Duration :	01:05
Edition :	Urtext (ed. M.A. Caux)	Difficulty :	Grade 8/12