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Johann Sebastian Bach Composer
Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080
Performances: 139
Tracks: 1542
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Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080Key: D-
Year: 1742-49
Genre: Prelude / Fugue
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Part 1: 14 Fugues (Contrapuncti)
- Contrapunctus 1 (simple fugue)
- Contrapunctus 2 (simple fugue with 'French rhythm')
- Contrapunctus 3 (simple inversion fugue)
- Contrapunctus 4 (simple inversion fugue with countersubject)
- Contrapunctus 5 (stretto fugue)
- Contrapunctus 6 ('in stilo francese')
- Contrapunctus 7 ('per augmentationem et diminutionem')
- Contrapunctus 8 (triple fugue)
- Contrapunctus 9 ('alla Duodecima'; double fugue)
- Contrapunctus 10 ('alla Decima'; double fugue)
- Contrapunctus 11 (triple fugue)
- Contrapunctus 12a ('mirror' fugue 1: rectus)
- Contrapunctus 12b ('mirror' fugue 1: inversus)
- Contrapunctus 13a ('mirror' fugue 2: rectus)
- Contrapunctus 13b ('mirror' fugue 2: inversus)
- Contrapunctus 14 ('Fuga a 3 Soggetti'; unfinished)
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Part 2: 4 Canons
- Canon 1: Canon alla Ottava
- Canon 2: Canon alla Decima
- Canon 3: Canon all Duodecima
- Canon 4: Canon per Augmentationem in contrario Motu
- Appendix: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (chorale fugue), BWV668a (based on Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV668)
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