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Fugal Composition A Guide to the Study of Bach's '48'

Joseph Groocock, Yo Tomita

Book Code: GM2323

ISBN: 0-313-32323-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32323-2

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248 pages, charts, musical examples

Greenwood Press

Publication: 2/28/2003

List Price: $87.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

The Arts » Music (General)
The Arts » Classical Music

Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance

Series Number: 65

Reviews:

[a]n essential reference for the serious student of fugue and of Bach's genius....[a] well written and useful reference guide for those who are interested in detailed analysis by a leading scholar in the field.
—American Music Teacher 2004

Description: Eminently readable despite the complexity of its subject, Fugal Composition: A Guide to the Study of Bach's "48" guides the reader in studying the 48 fugues of the composer's Well-Tempered Clavier. Author Joseph Groocock analyzes each of the fugues individually, both verbally and diagrammatically, and includes such elements as overall structure, episodes, stretto, subsidiary subjects, and countersubjects. The appendices and index furnish a ready reference for the scholar or researcher seeking information or guidance on specific points. Meanwhile, the volume's editor supplies comparative analyses using current and previous scholarship on every fugue-illustrating where the author supports or challenges other viewpoints. In all, the analyses contained in Fugal Composition establish the extraordinary diversity of Bach's fugal style, in such a way that readers gain a new understanding of these significant and beautiful works of music.

Table of Contents:

Editorial Preface
Introduction
Fugal Style
Answering a Fugue Subject
Countersubjects
The Exposition
A Classification of the '48'
Group 1: Fugues for Two Voices
Group 2: Fugues for Three Voices without Stretto
Episodes (1)
Group 3: Fugues for Three Voices with Stretto
Fugues for Four Voices (general)
Group 4: Fugues for Four Voices without Stretto
Group 5: Fugues for Four Voices with Stretto
Group 6: Fugues with Countersubjects After the Exposition
Group 7: Fugues with Subsidiary Subjects
Group 8: Fugues for Five Voices
Episodes (2)
Tonality in the '48'
Conclusion
Appendix A: Episodes
Appendix B: Proportions
Annotated Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2002069600

LCC Class: MT59

Dewey Class: 786


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