SKU: FL.FX070717
SKU: FL.FX070718
SKU: CY.CC2683
J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right. Number 15 is an unfinished four-voice, quadruple fugue. Only the first three subjects are introduced, the third being a chromatic subject built from the letters of Bach's nameâ€â€B (B-flat), A, C, H (B-natural). Just at the point where all three subjects are combined, the manuscript breaks off, and C. P. E. Bach wrote in the score that the composer has died. Bach clearly intended that the original Art of Fugue theme was to be the final subject and all four themes would combine in a glorious climax. Whether he intended to finish the work or leave it up to others to complete is conjecture. About 8 minutes in length.
SKU: RM.SL10150
ISBN 9790231091502.
SKU: CY.CC2680
J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right. Number Twelve is a four-voice, mirror fugue in 3/2 meterâ€â€the only fugue in this meter. It uses the original Art of Fugue theme in the Rectus and then all the voices are turned upside down in the Inversus. About 5 minutes in length.
SKU: CY.CC2682
J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right. Number Fourteen is a four voice, double fugue that is an earlier version of Number Ten. It was included in the first edition of The Art of Fugue. About 3 minutes in length.
SKU: CY.CC2679
J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right. Number Eleven is a four-voice, triple fugue that uses all three subjects from Number Eight but in both direct and inverted forms. About 6 minutes in length.
