15 Inventions, BWV 772-786 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Contents

Composer Page Bach, Johann Sebastian
Movements/Sections 15 pieces
  1. Invention in C major, BWV 772
  2. Invention in C minor, BWV 773
  3. Invention in D major, BWV 774
  4. Invention in D minor, BWV 775
  5. Invention in E♭ major, BWV 776
  6. Invention in E major, BWV 777
  7. Invention in E minor, BWV 778
  8. Invention in F major, BWV 779
  9. Invention in F minor, BWV 780
  10. Invention in G major, BWV 781
  11. Invention in G minor, BWV 782
  12. Invention in A major, BWV 783
  13. Invention in A minor, BWV 784
  14. Invention in B♭ major, BWV 785
  15. Invention in B minor, BWV 786
Composition Year 1720–23
Genre Categories Inventions; For keyboard; For 1 player; For 2 violins (arr); For 2 players; Scores featuring the violin; For 2 cellos (arr); Scores featuring the cello

Performances

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 No.1 in C major, BWV 772 (Low Quality)
#166538 - 2.74MB - 1:11 - 6.5/10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 1337x⇩

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D.J. Marcolesco (Piano)

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D.J. Marcolesco

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 No.4 in D minor, BWV 775
#168272 - 0.71MB - 1:01 - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 599x⇩

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 No.1 in C major, BWV 772
#94657 - 1.06MB - 1:08 - 2.3/10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 6074x⇩

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 No.8 in F major, BWV 779
#94666 - 0.94MB - 1:01 - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 2552x⇩

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Scores

Keyboard Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#62840 - 25.34MB, 38 pages - 7.2/10 (4) - V/V/V - 26977x⇩

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Uploader: Squin (28 April 2010)

Editor:

H.G.M. Darnköhler, copyist

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Manuscript, n.d.(1745-1755)

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Misc. Notes:

Included with 15 Sinfonias, BWV 787-801. Introduction in German with Clavierbüchlein text, Johann Sebastian and Wilhelm Friedmann Bach autographs. Conforms to first manuscript in BWV. Copyist's name f. 17 front: H.G.M. Darnköhler (?).
Dating: Musikforschunginstitut Berlin

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 Complete Score
#03785 - 4.85MB, 22 pages - 8.2/10 (9) - V/V/V - 14009x⇩

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Uploader: NachoBA (17 February 2007)

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Peter Grønland (?)

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Manuscript copy, n.d.(1790s)?

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 Complete set
#174445 - 11.80MB, 24 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 389x⇩

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Uploader: gus (29 January 2012)

Editor:

Carl Ferdinand Becker (1804–1877)

Publisher Info.:

Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 3
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1853. Plate B.W. III.

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 No.1 in C major, BWV 772
#00747 - 0.08MB, 1 pages - 5.5/10 (11) - V/V/V - 22125x⇩

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 No.1 in C major (alternate version: BWV 772a)
#00834 - 0.09MB, 1 pages - 6.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 5762x⇩

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 No.2 in C minor, BWV 773
#00748 - 0.15MB, 2 pages - 8.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 8471x⇩

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 No.3 in D major, BWV 774
#00749 - 0.16MB, 2 pages - 6.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 6341x⇩

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 No.4 in D minor, BWV 775
#00750 - 0.16MB, 2 pages - 5.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 11909x⇩

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 No.5 in E♭ major, BWV 776
#00751 - 0.16MB, 2 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 3823x⇩

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 No.6 in E major, BWV 777
#00752 - 0.16MB, 2 pages - 7.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 4650x⇩

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 No.7 in E minor, BWV 778
#00753 - 0.08MB, 1 pages - 4.0/10 (2) - V/V/V - 3950x⇩

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 No.8 in F major, BWV 779
#00754 - 0.10MB, 1 pages - 8.8/10 (5) - V/V/V - 10438x⇩

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 No.9 in F minor, BWV 780
#00756 - 0.11MB, 1 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 3836x⇩

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 No.10 in G major, BWV 781
#00757 - 0.08MB, 1 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 3765x⇩

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 No.11 in G minor, BWV 782
#00755 - 0.09MB, 1 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 3563x⇩

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 No.12 in A major, BWV 783
#00776 - 0.18MB, 2 pages - 5.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 3349x⇩

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 No.13 in A minor, BWV 784
#00759 - 0.16MB, 2 pages - 3.4/10 (8) - V/V/V - 9345x⇩

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 No.14 in B♭ major, BWV 785
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 No.15 in B minor, BWV 786
#00760 - 0.09MB, 1 pages - 5.0/10 (4) - V/V/V - 4397x⇩

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Editor:

Carl Ferdinand Becker (1804–1877)

Publisher Info.:

Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 3
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1853. Plate B.W. III.

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 Complete score
#22076 - 2.42MB, 34 pages - 10.0/10 (2) - V/V/V - 9810x⇩

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 Complete score
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Editor:

Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1891/1914. Plate E.B. 3127.

Reprinted:

Moscow: Muzyka, n.d. (#22077)

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Instruktive Ausgabe (#22076)
Russian translation (#22077)

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 Complete Score
#42098 - 2.52MB, 33 pages - 9.5/10 (2) - V/V/V - 7121x⇩

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Uploader: Worov (17 October 2009)

Editor:

Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)

Translator:

Louis Charles Elson (1848-1920), English text

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1892/1917. Plate E.B. 3127.

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New York: Associated Music Publishers, n.d.

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 Complete score (Preview)
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Editor:

Carl Czerny (1791–1857)

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Compositions pour le Pianoforte - Liv.7
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 Complete Score
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Editor:

Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1742–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)

Publisher Info.:

Klavierwerke von Joh. Seb. Bach
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, Ed.201, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8275

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 Complete Score
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Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1742–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)

Publisher Info.:

Boston: B.F. Wood, No.126, n.d.(1899 or 1900). Plate B.F.W. 1009-31.

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Misc. Notes:

Invention 8 missing and replaced by Bach-Gesellschaft edition.

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 Complete Score
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Editor:

Franklin Peterson (1861-1914)
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Melbourne: Allan & Co., n.d.[1912]. Plate A. & Co. 975.

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 Complete score
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Nels Drue Daily

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ND Music Edition, No. 002, 2010.

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URTEXT edition from the autograph manuscript. Typeset in LilyPond 2.12.3.

Selections

 No.1 in C major (alternate), BWV 772a; cropped
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Editor:

Carl Ferdinand Becker (1804–1877)

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Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 3
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1853. Plate B.W. III.

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 No.1 in C major, BWV 772
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 No.2 in C minor, BWV 773
#52571 - 0.10MB, 2 pages - 10.0/10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 634x⇩

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 No.3 in D major, BWV 774
#52712 - 0.09MB, 2 pages - 10.0/10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 445x⇩

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Inter-Note, 2007

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 No.1 in C major, BWV 772
#93856 - 0.04MB, 2 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 915x⇩

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 No.4 in D minor, BWV 775
#93857 - 0.04MB, 2 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 1033x⇩

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 No.6 in E major, BWV 777
#93858 - 0.05MB, 2 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 390x⇩

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 No.8 in F major, BWV 779
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 No.10 in G major, BWV 781
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 No.13 in A minor, BWV 784
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RSB

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 No.1 in C major, BWV 772
#128949 - 0.06MB, 2 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 416x⇩

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 No.8 in F major, BWV 779
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 No.11 in G minor, BWV 782
#128951 - 0.07MB, 2 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 204x⇩

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Uploader: Pierre Gouin (24 September 2011)

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Pierre Gouin - Contact

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Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2009

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

No.1 (BWV 774)

For 2 Violins (RSB)

 Complete Score
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
#117596 - 0.03MB, 1 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 95x⇩

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RSB

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No.13 in A minor, BWV 784

For 2 Cellos (Ohashi)

 Complete Score
#83733 - 0.04MB, 2 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 2062x⇩

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Uploader: Ohashi (2 November 2010)

Arranger:

Akira Ohashi

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Akira Ohashi, 2010.

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Legendary Performers: LandowskaWanda Landowska
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Two-Part and Three-Part Inventions - Kenneth GilbertBach, Gilbert
Bach: The Two and Three Part Inventions (Glen Gould Anniversary Edition)Glenn Gould, Bach
Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias (Complete)Janos Sebestyen
Bach: Two part Inventions/Three Part InventionsAndrás Schiff
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General Information

Work Title 15 Inventions
Alternative Title
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue Number BWV 772-786 ; BC L27–41
Movements/Sections 15 pieces
  1. Invention in C major, BWV 772
  2. Invention in C minor, BWV 773
  3. Invention in D major, BWV 774
  4. Invention in D minor, BWV 775
  5. Invention in E♭ major, BWV 776
  6. Invention in E major, BWV 777
  7. Invention in E minor, BWV 778
  8. Invention in F major, BWV 779
  9. Invention in F minor, BWV 780
  10. Invention in G major, BWV 781
  11. Invention in G minor, BWV 782
  12. Invention in A major, BWV 783
  13. Invention in A minor, BWV 784
  14. Invention in B♭ major, BWV 785
  15. Invention in B minor, BWV 786
Year/Date of Composition 1720–23
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Clavier
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