Two- and Three-Part Inventions: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 1574 Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)

I have a 45 year old imprint of this book. After all of these years, it has finally given up the ghost. I purchased this latest copy as a replacement for my original. The material contained within will give any intermediate pianist more technical capability in their playing. Their fingers, wrists, arms, and shoulders will continue to develop as they work through these pieces. I'm a boogie woogie, blues, jazz, fusion player. I still play these pieces as they are fun to play and give me ideas for my own compositions.

If you are interested in this material, now is the time to buy it - and here may be the place. It appears that Schirmer is moving to smaller print (in order to save money, I would suppose). I've seen a Schirmer edition of this that I could barely work with. This edition, edited by Czerny, Griepenkerl and Roitzsch Library Vol. 813, Distributed by Hal Leonard # HL50256470 came to me the way I expected, in the classic print size. I was grateful to get it before there were no more left. And from a musical perspective, this is still, in my opinion, the best place to start a study of contrapuntal music for the developing pianist.

This was a simple gift for my sister which she loves

I started playing piano again after 45 years away from it. I remembered playing the first C-Major Invention as a 5-year old. I have now learned & memorized four of them & I'm working on a fifth one. I enjoy playing them daily & people who aren't classical music fans really like hearing them. I've made a few listeners fans of Bach by explaining the different voices, bringing out the main themes throughout the piece, the dynamics, etc. in both the Inventions and the "Preludes & Fugues. The fingering in this edition usually suits my particular hands, so I rarely have to stop & re-write any different fingering.

I think this is the original version, meaning I don't think this will be arranged and have any extra added notes. Some versions are written as what they think Bach wanted from the piece, and not what was written originally. This is the bare bones version.

I used to have the Inventions as separate books, which I now realize I prefer. The print is smaller in this publication. Also, I prefer the fingerings in the other editions I had. I still think this was a pretty good purchase since it has both Two & Three-part Inventions in the same book for a good price. It would have been nice if this was spiral-bound.

This is just what we needed for my daughter's piano lessons. Please be aware that there are two versions of this book that look the same and have basically the same notes (I believe), but different fingerings, so you'll want to know which one you want before ordering! This is Volume 16 edited by W. Mason.

I love these things. I had memorized 5 of them sometime ago, but I gave my keyboard away a few years ago. I now have a replacement, and am starting to work at it again. At age 71 I will be a bit slow about it, but I now have fewer things on my mind and can dedicate more time to my studies.