Bach: 15 Three-Part Inventions (arr. for string trio)
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- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Arranger: Wolfgang Link
- Format: Score & Set of Parts
- Instrumentation (this edition): String Trio (Violin, Viola, Cello)
- Originally for: Piano
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- Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 72
Description
To obtain new chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach, one can either go back to the roots, to the original version, or one can move on creatively... This is the path that Mozart took by forming string trios from pieces by Bach. Wolfgang Link picks up this great tradition in his arrangement. While not every three-part harpsichord piece is suitable for a string trio arrangement, the 15 Inventions BWV 787 to 801 seem tailor-made for this. The range of the voices perfectly fits the classical scoring, and Bach himself would no doubt be satisfied with the completely new sound. He would probably remember that he himself provided the initial spark for their instrumental scoring when he called the three-part inventions "sinfonias."
Works:
- Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787
- Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788
- Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789
- Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790
- Sinfonia No. 5 in E-flat Major, BWV 791
- Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792
- Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793
- Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794
- Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795
- Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796
- Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797
- Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798
- Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799
- Sinfonia No. 14 in B-flat Major, BWV 800
- Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
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Bach: 15 Three-Part Inventions (arr. for string trio)
