 | Invention No. 15 in B Minor for Viola Duet BWV 786 Johann Sebastian Bach 2 Violas (duet) |
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| Composer |  Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750) | ||
| Instrumentation | 2 Violas (duet) | ||
| Sheet central | 15 Inventions à deux voix (249 sheet music) 12 other versions | ||
| Style | Baroque | ||
| Arranger Publisher |  | ||
| Copyright | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 16 Dec 2016
This final Invention starts off as a sort of grim,
moderate-tempo court dance with a rather Eastern
European feel. But within seconds it becomes almost,
but not quite, a two-voice fugue, the little dance
figure embedded in busy passage work and emerging now
in the bottom part, now in the top. Bach manages an
impressively complex weave of the two lines in an
exercise that lasts little more than a minute.
Although originally composed for Harpsichord, I created this arrangement for Viola D...(+) | |||
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