Johann Sebastian Bach - Inventions and Sinfonias; copyist Darnköhler (c. 1745-55)

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801
copied by copyist H.G.M Darnköhler (c. 1745-55) and uploaded in order of his edition. Inventions on left page and Sinfonias on right page of the manuscript score.

1. Inventio No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (0:00)
2. Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787 (1:41)
3. Inventio No. 2 in c minor, BWV 773 (2:59)
4. Sinfonia No. 2 in c minor, BWV 788 (4:55)
5. Inventio No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774 (7:13)
6. Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789 (8:41)
7. Inventio No. 4 in d minor, BWV 775 (10:20)
8. Sinfonia No. 4 in d minor, BWV 790 (11:23)
9. Inventio No. 5 in E-flat Major, BWV 776 (13:18)
10. Sinfonia No. 5 in E-flat Major, BWV 791 (15:01)
11. Inventio No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 (17:12)
12. Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 (21:03)
13. Inventio No. 7 in e minor, BWV 778 (22:26)
14. Sinfonia No. 7 in e minor, BWV 793 (24:04)
15. Inventio No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (26:31)
16. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (27:36)
17. Inventio No. 9 in f minor, BWV 780 (28:54)
18. Sinfonia No. 9 in f minor, BWV 795 (30:42)
19. Inventio No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781 (33:57)
20. Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796 (35:06)
21. Inventio No. 11 in g minor, BWV 782 (36:24)
22. Sinfonia No. 11 in g minor, BWV 797 (37:43)
23. Inventio No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (40:06)
24. Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major BWV 798 (41:56)
25. Inventio No. 13 in a minor, BWV 784 (43:36)
26. Sinfonia No. 13 in a minor, BWV 799 (44:53)
27. Inventio No. 14 in B-flat Major, BWV 785 (46:52)
28. Sinfonia No. 14 in B-flat Major, BWV 800 (48:33)
29. Inventio No. 15 in b minor, BWV 786 (50:29)
30. Sinfonia No. 15 in b minor, BWV 801 (51:47)

Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord

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.

Bach titled the collection:

Forthright instruction, wherewith lovers of the clavier, especially those desirous of learning, are shown in a clear way not only 1) to learn to play two voices clearly, but also after further progress 2) to deal correctly and well with three obbligato parts, moreover at the same time to obtain not only good ideas, but also to carry them out well, but most of all to achieve a cantabile style of playing, and thereby to acquire a strong foretaste of composition.

The two groups of pieces are both arranged in order of ascending key, each group covering eight major and seven minor keys.

The inventions were composed in Köthen; the sinfonias, on the other hand, were probably not finished until the beginning of the Leipzig period.

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