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Paul Renz was born in New York City on November 7, 1952.
He is a jazz guitarist and has studied composition at the
Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory
of Music, graduating from both schools with the highest
honors.
While it is true that I composed these inventions out of
love for the music, I also had a practical and pedagogical
goal in mind. I purposefully imitated aspects of Bach’s
inventions but also deviated from predictable
figurations and harmonic progressions. I hope these
deviations will stimulate piano students
and listeners alike, instructing the ear to learn new
patterns and experience modern harmony within a tonal
style.
Paul F. Renz
Having listened to and read through these pieces, I find
them to carry out Mr. Renz’s intent and in the process
they reveal the forming of a personal idiom that I hope
he continues to explore in future editions. These inventions
are eminently worthwhile for intermediate as well as more
advanced pianists.
William Thomas McKinley
New England Conservatory of Music
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