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• Prelude in C major, BWV 846

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Piece Intermediate

  The complete prelude: flowing broken chords and a held bass. The fugue is not included.

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  Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude in C major, BWV 846. Notation entered by Shay Rojansky; edited by Han-Wen Nienhuys and Tobias Erbsland; version update by Javier Ruiz-Alma. Mutopia-2011/09/12-5, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV846/wtk1-prelude1/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/bach-prelude-bwv846/. Gradiano: title and provenance metadata added; editorial tempo 66 quarter notes per minute retained from Noctave (Mutopia MIDI tempo is 60); notation unchanged.

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• Gymnopédie No. 1

  Erik Satie

  Piece Intermediate

  A spacious melody over sustained chords, with the complete repeat and both endings.

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  Erik Satie, Gymnopedie No. 1. Mutopia engraving by Evin Robertson, after Dover reproductions of the original edition (new Dover translations excluded), Mutopia-2014/12/14-37, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/SatieE/gymnopedie_1/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/satie-gymnopedie-1/. Gradiano: title and provenance metadata added; editorial tempo 72 quarter notes per minute retained from Noctave; key mode corrected from minor to major for D major, with two-sharp signature unchanged. Noctave places accompaniment on the lower staff; sounding notes are preserved. The source uses a repeat with two endings.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Little Toy Lost

  Andrew Sidwell

  Piece Intermediate

  A complete short jazz miniature: singing phrases above warm extended chords.

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  Little Toy Lost, composed and engraved by Andrew Sidwell. Copyright 2006 Andrew Sidwell. Original work, Mutopia-2006/10/06-834: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=834. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/. Gradiano MusicXML transcription from the composer's LilyPond and PDF, also CC BY-SA 2.5. Notes, rhythms, ties, tempo, phrase slurs, crescendo and diminuendo wedges, text crescendo, common-time symbol and breath marks preserved. No fingering or pedal is added. Ritardando is text only.

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• Eight-measure exercise, Op. 821 No. 1

  Carl Czerny

  Technique Intermediate

  Eight measures of right-hand sixteenths with sparse left-hand chords. Start slowly.

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  Carl Czerny, Eight-measure exercise, Op. 821 No. 1. Mutopia engraving by Manuel Castejon Limas, after Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.[1888], plates 6990-6993, Mutopia-2015/11/06-2060, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/CzernyC/Op_821/Czerny_Op_821_No_001/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/czerny-op821-1/. Gradiano: title and provenance metadata added; editorial tempo 88 quarter notes per minute retained from Noctave (Mutopia MIDI tempo is 110); missing printed 8va restored from Mutopia, measure 6 beat 3 to measure 7 beat 2; sounding notes unchanged. This exercise has no claim of admission approval.

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• C major scale — two octaves

  Gradiano

  Technique Beginner

  Both hands in parallel motion over two octaves, with suggested fingering.

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  Original Gradiano practice notation: C major scale, two octaves, hands together. Created for Gradiano in 2026 and dedicated under CC0 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Conventional scale pattern and suggested fingering; no external edition copied. Quarter note = 60 is a practice starting tempo.

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• C major arpeggio — two octaves

  Gradiano

  Technique Beginner

  A two-octave broken C major triad, ascending and descending with both hands.

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  Original Gradiano practice notation: C major arpeggio, two octaves, hands together. Created for Gradiano in 2026 and dedicated under CC0 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Conventional broken-triad pattern and suggested fingering; no external edition copied. Quarter note = 60 is a practice starting tempo.

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• Minuet in F major, K. 2

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Piece Beginner

  A complete minuet with short slurred phrases, a triplet and a repeating opening section.

  Coordination · Expression

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  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Minuet in F major, K. 2. Engraved by Nicolas Morant, Mutopia-2016/11/30-1770, after Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877-1910, plate W.A.M. 2.4. Engraving placed in the public domain by its typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/MozartWA/KV2/menuet_k2/. Noctave MusicXML edition, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/mozart-menuet-k2/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial quarter-note tempo 112 retained. Notation unchanged from Noctave. Sounding pitches and rhythms unchanged. No pedal added.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114

  Christian Petzold

  Piece Beginner

  A two-part minuet with ornaments, a grace note and both repeated sections.

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  Christian Petzold, Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114. Engraved by Allen Garvin, Mutopia-2017/01/19-75, after Bach-Gesellschaft. Engraving placed in the public domain by its typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWVAnh114/anna-magdalena-04/. Noctave MusicXML edition, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/petzold-menuet-bwv-anh114/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial quarter-note tempo 120 retained. Notation unchanged from Noctave. Sounding pitches and rhythms unchanged. No pedal added.

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• Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh. 115

  Christian Petzold

  Piece Beginner

  A complete minor-key minuet with ornaments and chromatic inflections.

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  Christian Petzold, Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh. 115. Engraved by Allen Garvin, Mutopia-2015/08/21-76, after Bach-Gesellschaft. Engraving placed in the public domain by its typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWVAnh115/anna-magdalena-05/. Noctave MusicXML edition, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/petzold-menuet-bwv-anh115/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial quarter-note tempo 112 retained. Notation unchanged from Noctave. Sounding pitches and rhythms unchanged. No pedal added.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Melody, Op. 68 No. 1

  Robert Schumann

  Piece Beginner

  A singing melody over flowing eighth notes, with phrase slurs and suggested fingering.

  Expression · Coordination

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  Robert Schumann, Melody, Op. 68 No. 1. Engraved by Philippe Hézaine, Copyright © 2007; Mutopia-2007/02/11-647, after Edition Peters. Philippe Hézaine / Mutopia Project, CC BY-SA 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/SchumannR/O68/schumann-op68-01-melodie/. Noctave MusicXML adaptation, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/schumann-melodie-op68-1/. Gradiano adaptation remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial quarter-note tempo 76 retained. Restored source p, diminuendo wedges in measures 7 and 15 (beats 1-4), soft accents in measures 5-7 and 13-15, common-time symbol and three 4-5 fingering substitutions omitted by Noctave. Sounding pitches and rhythms unchanged. No pedal added.

  Original source CC-BY-SA-4.0

• Soldiers’ March, Op. 68 No. 2

  Robert Schumann

  Piece Beginner

  A lively march with dotted rhythms, short chords and left-hand clef changes.

  Coordination · Evenness

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  Robert Schumann, Soldiers’ March, Op. 68 No. 2. Engraved by Philippe Hézaine, Copyright © 2007; Mutopia-2007/02/11-650, after Edition Peters. Philippe Hézaine / Mutopia Project, CC BY-SA 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/SchumannR/O68/schumann-op68-02-marche-militaire/. Noctave MusicXML adaptation, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/schumann-marche-militaire-op68-2/. Gradiano adaptation remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial quarter-note tempo 100 retained. Restored source forte marks in measures 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31 beat 2 and 32, omitted by Noctave. Sounding pitches and rhythms unchanged. No pedal added.

  Original source CC-BY-SA-4.0

• The Happy Farmer, Op. 68 No. 10

  Robert Schumann

  Piece Intermediate

  A complete miniature with the melody in the left hand and changing chordal textures.

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  Robert Schumann, The Happy Farmer, Op. 68 No. 10. Engraved by Philippe Hézaine, Copyright © 2007; Mutopia-2007/02/11-659, after Edition Peters. Philippe Hézaine / Mutopia Project, CC BY-SA 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/SchumannR/O68/schumann-op68-10-gai-laboureur/. Noctave MusicXML adaptation, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/schumann-gai-laboureur-op68-10/. Gradiano adaptation remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial quarter-note tempo 100 retained. Restored source forte at the pickup, measure 4 final eighth in the lower staff, and measure 10/16 final eighth in both hands; restored common-time symbol. Sounding pitches and rhythms unchanged. No pedal added.

  Original source CC-BY-SA-4.0

• Für Elise, WoO 59

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Piece Advanced

  The complete rondo, with two contrasting episodes, rapid figures and repeated bass notes.

  Arpeggios · Agility · Expression

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  Ludwig van Beethoven, Für Elise, WoO 59. Mutopia engraving by Stelios Samelis, after Breitkopf & Härtel (1888), Mutopia-2015/08/18-931, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BeethovenLv/WoO59/fur_Elise_WoO59/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/): https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/beethoven-lettre-a-elise/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; printed octave line and pedal restored from Mutopia; sounding notes and rhythms unchanged; Noctave tempo retained.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Sincerity, Op. 100 No. 1

  Friedrich Burgmüller

  Technique Beginner

  Flowing right-hand patterns over held chords, then a change of roles.

  Evenness · Expression

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  Friedrich Burgmüller, Sincerity, Op. 100 No. 1. Mutopia engraving by Bas Wassink, after Collection Litolff, 19th century, Mutopia-2013/01/12-202, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BurgmullerJFF/O100/25EF-01/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/burgmuller-op100-1/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial tempo of 120 quarter notes per minute retained. Sounding notes and rhythms unchanged from Noctave. Source dolce, cresc., ritardando words, common-time symbol and RH slur pairing in measures 10-12 restored. Notes and rhythms are preserved; this is not a facsimile.

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• Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2

  Friedrich Burgmüller

  Technique Intermediate

  Light sixteenth-note figures pass between the hands, with repeated chord support.

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  Friedrich Burgmüller, Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2. Mutopia engraving by Bas Wassink, after Collection Litolff, 19th century, Mutopia-2013/01/12-203, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BurgmullerJFF/O100/25EF-02/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/burgmuller-op100-2/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial tempo of 112 quarter notes per minute retained. Sounding notes and rhythms unchanged from Noctave. Missing source expression words and measure-3 piano dynamic restored. Notes and rhythms are preserved; this is not a facsimile.

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• Pastoral, Op. 100 No. 3

  Friedrich Burgmüller

  Technique Beginner

  A lilting melody in compound time, with repeated chords and grace notes.

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  Friedrich Burgmüller, Pastoral, Op. 100 No. 3. Mutopia engraving by Bas Wassink, after Collection Litolff, 19th century, Mutopia-2013/01/12-218, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BurgmullerJFF/O100/25EF-03/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/burgmuller-op100-3/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial tempo of 84 quarter notes per minute retained. Sounding notes and rhythms unchanged from Noctave. Missing source expression words restored; source text crescendos restored instead of short Noctave wedges. Notes and rhythms are preserved; this is not a facsimile.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Innocence, Op. 100 No. 5

  Friedrich Burgmüller

  Technique Intermediate

  Flowing sixteenth-note runs and high-register phrases over a steady accompaniment.

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  Friedrich Burgmüller, Innocence, Op. 100 No. 5. Mutopia engraving by Bas Wassink, after Collection Litolff, 19th century, Mutopia-2013/01/12-214, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BurgmullerJFF/O100/25EF-05/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/burgmuller-op100-5/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial tempo of 112 quarter notes per minute retained. Printed 8va restored from measure 12 beat 1 to measure 14 beat 3; sounding notes unchanged. Missing source expression words restored; source text crescendos and diminuendos restored instead of short Noctave wedges. Notes and rhythms are preserved; this is not a facsimile.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Eight-measure exercise, Op. 821 No. 3

  Carl Czerny

  Technique Intermediate

  Paired right-hand notes and short slurs above alternating left-hand support.

  Coordination · Agility

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  Carl Czerny, Eight-measure exercise, Op. 821 No. 3. Mutopia engraving by Manuel Castejon Limas, after Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1888, plates 6990-6993, Mutopia-2015/11/09-2062, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/CzernyC/Op_821/Czerny_Op_821_No_003/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/czerny-op821-3/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial tempo of 88 quarter notes per minute retained. Sounding notes and rhythms unchanged from Noctave. Source Allegretto word, common-time symbol, p/sf/f dynamics and three hairpins restored. Notes and rhythms are preserved; this is not a facsimile.

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• Eight-measure exercise, Op. 821 No. 11

  Carl Czerny

  Technique Advanced

  Repeated right-hand octaves over a sustained, independently moving left hand.

  Evenness · Coordination

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  Carl Czerny, Eight-measure exercise, Op. 821 No. 11. Mutopia engraving by Manuel Castejon Limas, after Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1888, plates 6990-6993, Mutopia-2015/11/20-2076, dedicated to the public domain by the typesetter: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/CzernyC/Op_821/Czerny_Op_821_No_011/. MusicXML edition by Noctave, CC0 1.0: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/czerny-op821-11/. Gradiano: canonical title and provenance metadata added; Noctave editorial tempo of 84 quarter notes per minute retained. Printed 8va restored from measure 5 beat 1 to measure 6 beat 3; sounding notes unchanged. Source Allegro moderato word, common-time symbol and piano dynamic restored. Notes and rhythms are preserved; this is not a facsimile.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  Piece Intermediate

  A singing melody above moving inner voices, with the complete written form.

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  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16. Mutopia engraving by David McNamara, after Schirmer, 1904: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/TchaikovskyPI/O39/16OldFrenchSong/. Original engraving explicitly dedicated to the public domain by its typesetter. Noctave MusicXML edition: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/tchaikovsky-vieille-chanson-francaise-op39-16/; CC0-1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Gradiano: canonical title, composer and provenance metadata added. Printed dynamics p/pp/p/mf/p, two hairpins and three espressivo soft accents restored from the Mutopia source. Missing phrase-slur stop restored at measure 24. No numerical expression curve invented. Explicit hidden rests fill silent tails of subsidiary voices; no sounding event changed.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Little Prelude in C major, BWV 939

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Piece Intermediate

  A complete short prelude with broken chords and alternating hands.

  Agility · Coordination

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  Johann Sebastian Bach, Little Prelude in C major, BWV 939. Mutopia engraving by Hajo Dezelski, after Bach-Gesellschaft vol. 36, Ernst Naumann, 1890: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV939/bwv-939/. Original engraving CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), copyright 2008 Hajo Dezelski; Noctave adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0. Noctave MusicXML edition: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/bach-petit-prelude-bwv939/; CC-BY-SA-4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Gradiano: canonical title, composer and provenance metadata added. Explicit hidden rests fill silent tails of subsidiary voices; no sounding event changed.

  Original source CC-BY-SA-4.0

• Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4

  Frédéric Chopin

  Piece Intermediate

  A sustained melody over chromatic repeated chords; printed pedal retained.

  Expression · Coordination

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  Frédéric Chopin, Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4. Mutopia engraving by Magnus Lewis-Smith, after Peters, 1879: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/ChopinFF/O28/Chop-28-4/. Original engraving explicitly dedicated to the public domain by its typesetter. Noctave MusicXML edition: https://noctavepiano.com/partitions/chopin-prelude-op28-4/; CC0-1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Gradiano: canonical title, composer and provenance metadata added. Printed cut-time symbol restored; 2/2 meter unchanged. Printed pedal start/stop marks restored from the Mutopia LilyPond, bars 1-22; no tempo curves invented. Printed pedal marks, hairpin endpoints, espressivo/stretto/dim./smorz. and bar-23 rest fermatas restored from Mutopia. Removed the accompaniment pp that is explicitly hidden in the source. Stretto and diminuendo remain notation, without invented numerical tempo/dynamic curves. Explicit hidden rests fill silent tails of subsidiary voices; no sounding event changed.

  Original source CC0-1.0

• Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV 782

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Piece Advanced

  Two independent voices, chromatic turns and ornamented suspensions.

  Polyphony · Agility

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  Johann Sebastian Bach, Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV 782. Mutopia engraving by Allen Garvin, after Bach-Gesellschaft: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=71. Original engraving explicitly dedicated to the public domain by its typesetter. Noctave MusicXML edition: https://noctavepiano.com/en/free-library/bach-invention-11-bwv-782/; Public-Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Gradiano: canonical title, composer and provenance metadata added. Empty tempo direction repaired with a metronome mark matching the upstream MIDI tempo (quarter = 85).

  Original source Public-Domain

• Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Piece Advanced

  Two independent voices exchange arpeggios and flowing sixteenth-note patterns.

  Polyphony · Evenness

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  Johann Sebastian Bach, Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784. Mutopia engraving by Allen Garvin, after Bach-Gesellschaft: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=59. Original engraving explicitly dedicated to the public domain by its typesetter. Noctave MusicXML edition: https://noctavepiano.com/en/free-library/bach-invention-13-bwv-784/; Public-Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Gradiano: canonical title, composer and provenance metadata added. Empty tempo direction repaired with a metronome mark matching the upstream MIDI tempo (quarter = 100). A-minor key metadata restored from the first measure; signature and sounding notes unchanged.

  Original source Public-Domain