Re: 12-tone Bach

Neil Haverstick wrote:
>Somehow, this relates to something I just saw here, about early
>composers and atonality, etc...I read somewhere in Keyboard mag,
>years ago, that Bach had a 12 tone row in one of his Well Tempered
>Clavier pieces; indeed, when I looked at the piece, it was a perfect
>row. I can't remember which piece it is, does anyone know? Pretty
>neat...Hstick

Is it possible that you were thinking of the Two-Part Invention in
D minor. It does use all 12 tones of the equal-tempered scale, but
I don't know if they're close enough to be considered a tone row.

David Bowen