Invention 7, BWV 778 -- Urtext

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

A two-part invention in the minor mode 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 7, BWV 778 -- Urtext by Bach, J.S. :

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

Mordents (measures 1, 4, etc.) begin on the main note and are played very quickly, with a incisive character
Trills (measures 2, 6, 7, etc.) are played ON the beat and begin on the upper auxiliary note. More or less repercussions may be done depending on the player's ability.

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 7, BWV 778 -- URTEXT

(Two-Part Invention No. 7 in E minor - Inventio 7)
Composer :	Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Opus/catalog number :	BWV 778
Movements :	Inventio	Composition/First publication :	ca 1720, rev. 1723
Instrumentation :	Piano	Style :	Baroque (1600-1750)
Key :	E minor	Duration :	01:02
Edition :	Urtext (ed. M.A. Caux)	Difficulty :	Grade 8/12

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