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 | C Major |
Catalogue | BWV 772 |
Instruments | Keyboard |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Invention n°1 en do majeur, BWV 772 Johann Sebastian Bach: Invenzione n. 1 in do maggiore, BWV 772 Johann Sebastian Bach: Invention Nr. 1 C-dur, BWV 772 |