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Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor, BWV 793

17232 min

This guide follows Bach’s Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor, BWV 793 (1723) in one part.

Recording: András Schiff (piano)

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Follow all 4 sections as they play

0:01–2:05

An E minor piece in 3/4. I opens with the in the upper voice. II brings in a companion line of unbroken sixteenth notes, a faster version of the eighth-note line heard earlier. The sixteenths keep running through III. IV brings back the opening and the sixteenths stop short, so the is easy to hear.

  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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Johann Sebastian BachKeyboardBaroque periodE minor

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