sinfonia
A three-voice contrapuntal composition for keyboard, or in earlier usage, an instrumental introduction to an opera or cantata
In Depth
Bach's Sinfonias are often still called three-part inventions, a practical nickname that has stuck despite Bach's own preference for the term Sinfonia.
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