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Invention

A short keyboard piece in two-part counterpoint, known above all from Bach's fifteen Inventions, written partly as exercises. Listen for one short idea passed back and forth between the two hands.

Source: Invention (musical composition) (Wikipedia)

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9 works

BachTwo-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 7721723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 3 in D major, BWV 7741723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 7751723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 5 in E♭ major, BWV 7761723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 7 in E minor, BWV 7781723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 7791723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV 7831723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 14 in B♭ major, BWV 7851723BachTwo-Part Invention No. 15 in B minor, BWV 7861723

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