Inventions & Sinfonias

Two- & Three-Part Inventions

By Johann Sebastian Bach

This edition allows the student to view the realisations of the ornaments. While I cannot agree with everything Palmer says (for example, C minor 2-part Invention), I use this, the AM Bach selections and 18 Small Preludes so that students feel enabled to add their own ornamentation. Palmer's...

WTC, I use as reference only as the ABRSM edition is superior

Every pianist should own Bach's inventions. I prefer the Henle Verlag edition but this one is nonetheless great to own.

Thanks for this great combo of inventions and sinfonias. It has great notes in front before the music. Binding allows flat placement.

This collection is really special. It was hard to find a complete set of the inventions in sheet music, which I wanted to give as a birthday gift. So to find the inventions along with the sinfonias was a good surprise. It's been several years since either of us...

played piano--as soon as I saw the book online, I knew it was the one to get. I wasn't disappointed, the book itself was chock full of useful and interesting musical and historical annotations that musicians and music lovers alike will really appreciate. Great item! I'd be interested in Palmer's other books. And of course the Alfred Publishing name has been around awhile.

This book contains all 15 Inventions and all 15 Sinfonias in flawless print quality. Also, there is a large section explaining the history of the pieces contained in the book and variations contained in another autograph by Bach.