Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772-801 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1720-23.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 610
Note that the first piece in this manuscript is BWV 772a, the revised version with triplets.
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Copyist Bernhard Christian Kayser (1705–1758)
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 219
The ordering of pieces in this manuscript differ from the holograph manuscript (P 610), possibly due to being copied from an earlier, intermediate source.
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Copyist Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772)
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 804 (41)
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According to Bach digital, Kellner only copied mm. 1-15 of the Sinfonia in F minor (BWV 795); the copyist for the remaining measures of that piece is unknown.
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Copyist H.G.M. Darnköhler
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1745-55).
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Misc. Notes Toulouse Municipal Library (F-TLm): Res. Mus. B 561
Introduction in German with Clavierbüchlein text, Johann Sebastian and Wilhelm Friedmann Bach autographs. Copyist's name on f.17 front Conforms to first manuscript in BWV. Dating: Musikforschunginstitut Berlin
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Editor Hans Bischoff (1852-1889)
Translator Alexander Lipsky (1900–1985), preface and footnotes
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Steingräber, n.d.(ca.1880).
Reprinted New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, 1943.
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Editor Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1903. Plate 7158.
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Editor Wolfgang Plath (1930-1995)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 5 (pp.48-77, 90-119)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1962. Plate BA 5021.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches. Part of the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Nos.32-46, 49-63). The "Praeambulum" is an alternate name to "Inventions" and "Fantasias" is an alternate name to the "Sinfonias" specific to the W.F. Bach Piano Book Collection.
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Editor Georg von Dadelsen (1918-2007)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 3 (pp.1-82)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1970. Plate BA 5035.
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Editor Tamás Zászkaliczky (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Budapest: Könemann Music, 1994. Plate K 110.
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Copyist Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1720.
Holograph manuscript, 1720.
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Misc. Notes Beinecke Library, Yale University (US-NHub): Music Deposit 31
Extracted from manuscript #325943 (see Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach).
BWV 788 is absent in this manuscript, and BWV 789 is an early fragment.
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Copyist Friedrich Christian Samuel Mohrheim (1719–1780)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 222 (2)
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The ordering of the eight pieces is BWV 774, 789, 775, 790, 776, 791, 777, 793.
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Copyist Johann Christian Bach @pianist^ (1743–1814)
Anon. J. S. Bach XXVI
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1760-80).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Am.B 478
Extracted from manuscript #866398 (see Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach).
Just as in the source manuscript (Klavierbüchlein), BWV 788 is absent, and BWV 789 is a fragment. Compared to the ordering of Sinfonias in the source manuscript, BWV 796 and 799 are swapped.
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Work Title Inventions and Sinfonias
Alternative. Title 30 Two and Three-Part Inventions; Auffrichtige Anleitung
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 772-801 ; BC L 27–56
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 15 inventions, 15 sinfonias:
1. Invention in C major, BWV 772
1a. Invention in C major, BWV 772a
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-flat 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-flat major, BWV 785
15. Invention in B minor, BWV 786
1. Sinfonia in C major, BWV 787
2. Sinfonia in C minor, BWV 788
3. Sinfonia in D major, BWV 789
4. Sinfonia in D minor, BWV 790
5. Sinfonia in E-flat major, BWV 791
6. Sinfonia in E major, BWV 792
7. Sinfonia in E minor, BWV 793
8. Sinfonia in F major, BWV 794
9. Sinfonia in F minor, BWV 795
10. Sinfonia in G major, BWV 796
11. Sinfonia in G minor, BWV 797
12. Sinfonia in A major, BWV 798
13. Sinfonia in A minor, BWV 799
14. Sinfonia in B-flat major, BWV 800
15. Sinfonia in B minor, BWV 801
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1720-23
First Publication. 1801
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
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Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (from W.F. Bach's Clavier-Büchlein) ; Bach Digital (P 610)
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