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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
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:
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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