Episode 36: Bach's Two- and Three-Part Inventions

The J. S. Bach Files Podcast by Terence J. O'Grady

Nov 27, 202044:34Music

We’ll look at a sampling of the two-part inventions—Invention No. 1 in C major, No. 2 in C Minor, No 4 in D minor, No, 6 in E major, and No. 8 in F major. We’ll also look at two of the three-part inventions (or Sinfonia)...

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