The Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, also known as the Two- and Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 inventions, which are two-part contrapuntal pieces, and 15 sinfonias, which are three-part contrapuntal pieces. They were originally written as musical exercises for his students.
| Date of composition | 1723 (1720-23) |
| First published | 1801 |
| Type | Invention |
| Tonality | A Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 783 |
| Instruments | Keyboard |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Invention n°12 en la majeur, BWV 783 Johann Sebastian Bach: Invenzione n. 12 in la maggiore, BWV 783 Johann Sebastian Bach: Invention Nr. 12 A-dur, BWV 783 |