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    Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715–1750

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    Author(s)
    Kerman, Joseph
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    Fugue for J. S. Bach was a natural language; he wrote fugues in organ toccatas and voluntaries, in masses and motets, in orchestral and chamber music, and even in his sonatas for violin solo. The more intimate fugues he wrote for keyboard are among the greatest, most influential, and best-loved works in all of Western music. They have long been the foundation of the keyboard repertory, played by beginning students and world-famous virtuosi alike. In a series of elegantly written essays, eminent musicologist Joseph Kerman discusses his favorite Bach keyboard fugues—some of them among the best-known fugues and others much less familiar. Kerman skillfully, at times playfully, reveals the inner workings of these pieces, linking the form of the fugues with their many different characters and expressive qualities, and illuminating what makes them particularly beautiful, powerful, and moving.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32863
    Keywords
    fugue; bach; classical music; music theory; keyboard; Cadence; Counterpoint; Johann Sebastian Bach; Soprano; Stretto; Subject (music); The Art of Fugue; Tonic (music)
    DOI
    10.26530/OAPEN_602277
    ISBN
    9780520287631
    OCN
    945783630
    Publisher
    University of California Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.ucpress.edu/
    Publication date and place
    Oakland, California, 2015
    Classification
    Music
    Theory of music & musicology
    Pages
    192
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Cadence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence; Counterpoint - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint; Fugue - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue; Johann Sebastian Bach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach; Soprano - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano; Stretto - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretto; Subject (music) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_(music); The Art of Fugue - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Fugue; Tonic (music) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_(music)
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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