(Two- and Three-Part Inventions) Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Willard A. Palmer. For piano solo. Format: piano solo book. With introductory text, instructional text, standard notation and fingerings. Baroque. Series: Alfred Masterworks Editions. 112 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.490011640

Inventions 19 - 36. Composed by Robert Baksa. Full score. With Standard notation. 48 pages. Composers Library Editions #490-01164. Published by Composers Library Editions (PR.490011640).

UPC: 680160602599. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Inspired by the two- and three-part inventions of Bach, Baksa's 36 Canonic Inventions were composed in the early 1980s but are now available complete in two volumes. Each two voice invention is followed by a three voice invention in the same key so that the result is somewhat like the Master of Master's Preludes and Fugues. Many of these pieces were premiered by Harpsichordist Elaine Comparone but they are equally suitable for performance on piano or pianoforte. --American composer Lee Hoiby once asked me where I learned to write counterpoint. I told him that I learned by writing my Canonic Inventions.-- (Robert Baksa).

(Two- and Three-Part Inventions) Played by Valery Lloyd-Watts, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Willard A. Palmer. Performance CD. CD Only - no sheet music. Series: Alfred Masterworks Editions. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Masterworks; Piano Collection (Miniature Score). Kalmus Edition. Form: Concerto; Suite. Baroque; Masterwork. Score. 112 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K00714. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition

By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Willard A. Palmer. For solo piano. Piano Collection. Alfred Masterwork Editions. Baroque. SMP Level 8 (Early Advanced). Collection. Standard notation, fingerings, introductory text and instructional text (does not include words to the songs). 64 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Piano Solo. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Carl Czerny. Piano Method. Size 9x12 inches. 32 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Chamber Music Harpsichord

SKU: PR.110418390

Composed by Eric Ewazen. Full score. 11 pages. Duration 10 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41839. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.110418390).

ISBN 9781491134603. UPC: 680160685158.

Eric Ewazen’s THREE INVENTIONS were inspired by Bach’s Two-part Inventions, yet they sound thoroughly like Ewazen. Composed for harpsichord (with a piano adaptation following later), Ewazen’s inventions maintain a pure “one note per hand” texture until their final chord, with strong-but-free imitative counterpoint between the two voices. While Ewazen may be best known for his wind music, he is a pianist himself, and composers’ works for their own instrument are a direct insight into how they write for their own performances. The piano adaptation of THREE INVENTIONS is also available as a separate publication.
THREE INVENTIONS was written for my dear friend Maria Rojas, who premiered the work on a faculty recital at Juilliard. Maria is both a pianist and a harpsichordist, and I first met her when she gave a demonstration of the harpsichord for the students in my theory classes.I’ve always been captivated by Bach’s series of Two-Part and Three-Part Inventions. With the Two-Part Inventions, I’m amazed how Bach could create such wonderful intricacy and counterpoint with only two voices. I consequently modeled my inventions after the counterpoint of Bach, involving the traditional contrapuntal devices he used: imitation, development, harmonic and modal shifts, fragmentation, and sequence, essentially creating a dialog between two completely equal voices conversing with each other!Bach wrote 15 Two-Part Inventions (as well as 15 Three-Part Inventions, not to mention the 48 preludes and fugues in The Well-Tempered Clavier!), and that’s just the start of his voluminous repertoire for the keyboard! I was happy just to write three!!!Each of my inventions has a distinctive mood. The first is in a relaxed, yet cheerful C Major tonality (as a nod to Bach’s Invention No. 1 in C Major); the second is heartfelt and lyrical; and the third invention (involving a Gigue rhythm in the compound meter of 12/8) is energetic, and full of life and spontaneity. The third is primarily in a minor tonality, resulting in a feeling of drama, bringing the THREE INVENTIONS to an exciting finale.

By Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Willard A. Palmer. For Piano. Piano Solo. Masterwork. Level: Intermediate (grade 4/5). Sheet. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

For Harp. Composed by Henriette Renie (1875-1956). Leduc. Post-1900. Softcover. 11 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL20157. Published by Alphonse Leduc

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Piano. Baroque, Classical. Softcover. 82 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

String Orchestra (Score) - Level 3.5

SKU: HL.35011049

Composed by Ken Baird. Shawnee Press. Shawnee Press #JC0588. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.35011049).

Invention is an exciting work for high school or college orchestra that features an accented, multi-metered main theme, contrapuntal writing, a fugue, a reflective melodic interlude, and an optional extended violin cadenza. The title refers to the process undertaken by great inventors such as Thomas Edison and Leonardo Da Vinci. In this work, the composer reflects the many emotions and processes an inventor might experience as he is working on his creation: the spark of inspiration, the excitement of a new project, trial and error, frustration and anger, intensity, and, at last, success!

Collection and performance CD for solo piano. 47 well-known pieces by 4 of the world's greatest composers. 128 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Various. Edited by Helen Marlais. Arranged by Various. For Piano. Succeeding with the Masters. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.
Level: Late Intermediate to Early Advanced.

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Georg Von Dadelsen. Collection for solo piano (or harpsichord). Urtext of the New Bach Edition. 79 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import).

By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Hans Bischoff, translated by Alexander Lipsky. For Piano. Book; CD; Masterworks; Piano Collection. Kalmus Edition. Baroque; Masterwork. 68 pages. Published by Alfred Music