Baroque · 1723
Two-Part Invention No. 2 in C minor
J. S. BachBWV 773
- Key
- Cm
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩=76
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Invention — two-voice imitative counterpoint, the subject inverted at the dominant in bar 3.
Teaching points
- Subject in voice 1 (bar 1) → answer in voice 2 a fifth lower (bar 3) — same shape, transposed
- Modulation passes through Eb (relative major) by bar 6
- Compare counterpoint texture vs. C major Invention No. 1 — minor mode darkens the affect