Fugal composition : a guide to the study of Bach's '48' / Joseph Groocock ; edited by Yo Tomita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groocock, Joseph, 1913-1997.

Contributor:

Tomita, Yo.

Series:

Contributions to the study of music and dance 0193-9041 ; no. 65.

Contributions to the study of music and dance, 0193-9041 ; no. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugue.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Fugues.

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Physical Description:

xiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

Summary:

Guides the reader in studying Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, otherwise known as his 48 fugues, and establishes the extraordinary diversity of Bach's fugal style.

Contents:

1. Fugal Style 1

2. Answering a Fugue Subject 5

3. Countersubjects 11

4. The Exposition 19

5. A Classification of the "48" 23

6. Group 1: Fugues for Two Voices 25

7. Group 2: Fugues for Three Voices, without Stretto 31

8. Episodes (1) 61

9. Group 3: Fugues for Three Voices, with Stretto 63

10. Fugues for Four Voices (General) 83

11. Group 4: Fugues for Four Voices, without Stretto 85

12. Group 5: Fugues for Four Voices, with Stretto 109

13. Group 6: Fugues with Countersubjects Introduced after the Exposition 131

14. Group 7: Fugues with Subsidiary Subjects 143

15. Group 8: Fugues for Five Voices 159

16. Episodes (2) 167

17. Tonality in the "48" 173

Appendix A Episodes 185

Appendix B Proportions 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-226) and index.

ISBN:

0313323232

OCLC:

49679688