Customer Reviews for 15 Two-Part Inventions
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Judy
Location: from Muncie, IN
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
March 20, 2012
Bach two part inventions
This music doesn't need my review, but it's an excellent publication in perfect shape and the shipping was very prompt.
4 of 7 people found this review helpful.
Kevin Coan
Location: from Vernon, CT
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
December 6, 2009
Should have a no star for this one
Every student should learn the two and three part inventions, but NOT from this edition. It is perhaps the worst edition ever published. The ornaments are incorrectly written out. The 14th invention is not even the original version. Bach would weep if he could see this version, which is totally not in keeping with what he taught his own children. Use an urtext edition (Henle, Vienna Urtext, Peters, Barenreiter), or at least an authentic teaching edition instead, such as Alfred.
22 of 39 people found this review helpful.
christoph
Location: from zuerich CH
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
September 30, 2008
avoid this edition please
this is an unhistorical approach to ancient music. articulation an ornaments are not original. if you want to teach yourselves or your pupils reasonably, please buy an "urtext" edtion like baerenreiter, henle, universal or so. (i'm pianist, organist, piano teacher)
27 of 47 people found this review helpful.
samuel
Location: from singapore
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
January 20, 2008
BACH !
You must teach these pieces to your students
20 of 38 people found this review helpful.
Charlie
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 6, 2007
Must have!
Any piano player beginning to intermediate should have this in their repitoire as it provides excellent hand independence practice, along with proper finger technique that is necessary to become a better piano player. And the songs themselves are beautiful enough to want to learn them.Bach was a master and his legacy should live on!
19 of 39 people found this review helpful.
New(again)Pianist
Location: from Bondurant, WY
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
September 3, 2006
Musical nutrition for piano
Bach's uniqueness and individuality of composing is unmatched. Combining these inventions with Hanon exercises, the aspiring pianist will rapidly improve and the accomplished pianist will be well prepared for performance. And they're fun to play!
19 of 35 people found this review helpful.
Marshall Davies
Location: from Houston, TX
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 2, 2005
right piece, WRONG EDITION
As a piano teacher, I recommend the Alfred edition of Bach's inventions and sinfonias; it has much valuable background information to help you understand the style. With such good editions out these days, this old Busoni edition is a very uninformed choice. The student won't even understand what Bach wrote and what he didn't.
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Michael J. Delfin
Location: from Madera, CA
November 18, 2004
Not as good as Alfred.
Bach's keyboard music must be edited, practiced, taught, & performed well. Schirmer doesn't meet up to editing Bach well. Busoni is not a editor to stick with. I would recommend Alfred's superb edition for the Inventions & Sinfonias.
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Athanas
Location: from Thessaloniki, Greece
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 14, 2004
..A most efficient tuition tool
The two-part inventions are concidered a "must" for any keyboard player who wishes to advance in terms of technical ability, and why not expressionism. A nececity before the three-part inventions and the 48-Preludes and Fugues, this book could be an equivalent for the French suites, though it has more to offer. I would like to bring to everybodys attention that if they are to have any higher expectations regarding their playing capability, at least invetions no.4,8,9 and 13 ought to be performed to perfection and with a maximum of caution as to point out the two different "voices".
9 of 16 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Ohio, USA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 28, 2004
Great Teaching Tool
Bach's two part inventions are great for the intermediate studio to use as a stepping stone for more advanced works such as sinfonias and the preludes/fugues. They take a bit of practice, but are quite rewarding when learned and very enjoyable to play. They're also great for technique purposes.
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
the 13 year old
Location: from CT
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
October 9, 2004
Two-Part Inventions
These are one of the most important parts of building a solid technique and clean interpretation. The Two-Part Inventions are delightful pieces for the student pianist.
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Jason
Location: from Greece
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
May 11, 2003
Divine work under fire!!
Johann Sebastian Bach is for many, including me, the musician closest to perfection, or even, divinity. And all this is, partially but still, spoiled by editing his work with forte's and piano's, only to limit the Bach-lover's optionns for valid, musical, and beautiful performances, to say the least. I highly recommend URTEXT (original text reprinted exactly, only fingerings added), such as the editions from Dover found in this site, or Henle Verlag, a German Urtext-only edition. For people hating or disliking Bach's work or that supposedly 'have no musical opinion' it could be fine; just do what it says and you can pass to the next grade in piano... but that's just not the way I see Bach.
5 of 11 people found this review helpful.
E Basurto
Location: from Berlin
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
October 18, 2002
A genius work
If you like charming themes and continued understanding development of them, this is the book for you. All of that while you develop musical hearing and independent hands playing. Simple fine music, sadly a forgotten idea on later composers......
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.