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A teaching piece with a history before its familiar title. Three-Part Sinfonia No. 7, BWV 793 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- sinfonia
- Baroque
- stormy
History
Three-Part Sinfonia No. 7, BWV 793 belongs to Bach's three-part Sinfonias. The earlier teaching notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann was begun in Köthen on 22 January 1720. Bach made a separate fair copy of the collection in 1723, revising its presentation and order. These dates mark stages in the collection's history, not the exact day this individual piece was composed. The collection reached print in 1801, long after Bach's lifetime.
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What to listen for
Entries overlap
Hear the returning subject begin before another statement finishes.
How to practise it
Connect the upper tied arrival while keeping later inner entry distinct.
- Practise the approach into G without a new attack on its tie.
- Count both silent bars, then practise the inner approach into its D sustain.
How hard is it
An eighth-note opening develops into repeated sixteenth-note patterns with register changes and chromatic alterations. The learner must keep the three lines distinct while maintaining a steady pulse through increasingly active passages.
About this piece
- Licence
- Public Domain
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
More by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude in C major, BWV 846Level 4, estimatedOpen to everyone
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. PrestoLevel 9, estimatedWith Maestro
