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Two-Part Invention No. 14 in B♭ major, BWV 785

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This guide follows Bach’s Two-Part Invention No. 14 in B♭ major, BWV 785 (1723) in one part.

Recording: András Schiff (piano)

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0:00–1:19

B-flat major, in 4/4, with a long . Section I begins with the right hand stating the over a calm broken-chord bass, and the left hand takes it up only after a short . Section II and Section III move the material through other keys, spinning sequences from the opening . Then Section IV starts. Near the end both hands move together in thirds, and a leads to the final B-flat major chord.

  1. Section I
  2. Section 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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