Bach, J.S - Inventions and Sinfonias BWV 772 - 801

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias, better known as two- and three-part inventions, were an integral part of the teaching repertoire used in the composer’s piano lessons. And they still are! For piano pupils, there is no getting away from them, for their basic demands, that is ‘to learn to play in tune’ and ‘to achieve to play in a cantabile style’, are still valid. The new edition of the Wiener Urtext Edition follows consistently Bach’s autograph fair copy. Ornamented versions from copies by Bach’s pupils providing an insight into Bach’s ornamentation have been printed separately; any mixing of the different versions has been deliberately avoided. A suggestion has been made, by means of an example, for the realization of the ornament signs of Sinfonia No. 5. The notes on interpretation and the critical remarks provide information on further aspects of the performance practice. They are to be considered as suggestions and encouragement to study works the execution of which had not been laid down to the last detail, thus opening up a wide range of creative possibilities for teaching.

CONTENTS

Contents - Preface - Notes on interpretation - Facsimilia - Inventions - Two part Inventions - Inventio 1 BWV 772 Earlier Version - Inventio 1 BWV 772a Later Version - Inventio 2 BWV 773 - Inventio 3 BWV 774 - Inventio 4 BWV 775 - Inventio 5 BWV 776 - Inventio 6 BWV 777 - Inventio 7 BWV 778 - Inventio 8 BWV 779 - Inventio 9 BWV 780 - Inventio 10 BWV 781 - Inventio 11 BWV 782 - Inventio 12 BWV 783 - Inventio 13 BWV 784 - Inventio 14 BWV 785 - Inventio 15 BWV 786 - Sinfonias - Three part Inventions - Sinfonia 1 BWV 787 - Sinfonia 2 BWV 788 - Sinfonia 3 BWV 789 - Sinfonia 4 BWV 790 - Sinfonia 5 BWV 791 - Sinfonia 6 BWV 792 - Sinfonia 7 BWV 793 - Sinfonia 8 BWV 794 - Sinfonia 9 BWV 795 - Sinfonia 10 BWV 796 - Sinfonia 11 BWV 797 - Sinfonia 12 BWV 798 - Sinfonia 13 BWV 799 - Sinfonia 14 BWV 800 - Sinfonia 15 BWV 801 - Appendix - Embellished Versions - Inventio 7 BWV 778 - Sinfonia 3 BWV 789 - Sinfonia 4 BWV 790 - Sinfonia 7 BWV 793 - Sinfonia 9 BWV 795 - Sinfonia 11 BWV 797 - Sinfonia 13 BWV 799 - Suggestion for the execution of Sinfonia 5 BWV 791 - Critical Notes