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| Classical Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
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| Work: | 2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786 |
| Year Composed: | 1723 |
| Instrumentation: | pf |
| Publishers: |
Universal Edition Oxford University Press G. Schirmer, Inc. |
| Duration: | 00:15:00 |
| Period: | Baroque (1600-1750) |
| Work Category: | Instrumental |
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The first four Inventions, in C major, C minor, D major and D minor, and Invention No.8 in F major, open with a direct imitation of the upper part an octave lower, the opening subject providing the basis of the Invention. Inventions Nos. 5, 6 and 7 have both parts starting simultaneously. No.5, in E flat major, is based on the opening figure in the upper part, and No.6, in E major, each half repeated, makes use of syncopation between upper and lower parts, the second section opening with a transposed inversion of the opening. In No.7, in E minor, the lower part continues in imitation of the upper, while in No.9, in F minor both parts start at the same time, the lower later imitating the upper. The compound rhythm subject of No.10, in G major, has imitation at an interval of a compound fourth in the lower part. The remaining Inventions have both parts starting simultaneously, with No. 14, in B flat major, offering rhythms of greater elaboration, at times in consonant intervals between upper and lower parts, moving together.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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