Invention No. 1 in C major

Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772–786, No. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Level: 5
Bars: 22

Opening the practice room…

The original engraving

Invention No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 17, bars 1–3 — Page 17 · bars 1–3

Invention No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 17, bars 4–7 — Page 17 · bars 4–7

Invention No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 17, bars 8–11 — Page 17 · bars 8–11

Invention No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 17, bars 12–14 — Page 17 · bars 12–14

Invention No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 17, bars 15–18 — Page 17 · bars 15–18

Invention No. 1 in C major, original edition, page 17, bars 19–22 — Page 17 · bars 19–22

Where this comes from

Read from: Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 3 (Clavierwerke, Erster Band), Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig, 1853

How: mutopia-40 (CC BY-SA 3.0 (Mutopia; typeset by jeff covey)), checked against the scan; pdmx-6320274 (cc-zero (PDMX/MuseScore, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)), checked against the scan; pdmx-4904545 (cc-zero (PDMX/MuseScore, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)), checked against the scan

Free to share: Johann Sebastian Bach d. 1750; first published 1801

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