Two-Part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV 783
This guide follows Bach’s Two-Part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV 783 (1723) in one part.
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A piece in A major and 12/8, to a fugue. The right hand opens I with the , a repeated note ending in a , while the left hand answers with flowing sixteenth-note figures that become the countersubject. II moves to F-sharp minor. Between , two short interludes pass single lines from hand to hand. III to A major and leads to the .
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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