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Sinfonia No. 1 in C major, BWV 787

17231 min

This guide follows Bach’s Sinfonia No. 1 in C major, BWV 787 (1723) in one part.

Recording: András Schiff (piano)

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Follow all 4 sections as they play

0:01–0:57

A short C major piece in 4/4 built on a rising scale of sixteenth notes. In I the voices enter one after another. II, III and IV follow, each bringing the back, sometimes upside down. Between the , scale pass from voice to voice, and the piece ends on a C major chord.

  1. I
  2. II

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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