The Art of Fugue
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| This work consists of 14 [[fugue]]s and 4 [[Canon (music)|canons]] in [[D minor]], each using some [[Variation (music)|variation]] of a single principal [[Theme (music)|subject]], and generally ordered to increase in complexity. "The governing idea of the work", as put by Bach specialist [[Christoph Wolff]], "was an exploration in depth of the [[contrapuntal]] possibilities inherent in a single musical subject." The word "contrapunctus" is often used for each fugue. | This work consists of 14 [[fugue]]s and 4 [[Canon (music)|canons]] in [[D minor]], each using some [[Variation (music)|variation]] of a single principal [[Theme (music)|subject]], and generally ordered to increase in complexity. "The governing idea of the work", as put by Bach specialist [[Christoph Wolff]], "was an exploration in depth of the [[contrapuntal]] possibilities inherent in a single musical subject." The word "contrapunctus" is often used for each fugue. | ||
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| - | * [[Milan Munclinger]] with [[Ars Rediviva]] (1959, 1966, 1979) | ||
| - | * [[Fine Arts Quartet|Fine Arts String Quartet]] and [[New York Woodwind Quintet]] (1962) | ||
| - | * [[Yūji Takahashi]] (incomplete) electronic version (1975) | ||
| - | * [[Musica Antiqua Köln]] (director [[Reinhard Goebel]]) for string quartet/harpsichord and various such instrumental combinations (1984) | ||
| - | * [[Canadian Brass]] for [[brass quintet]] (1990) | ||
| - | * [[Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet]] for [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]] quartet (1998) | ||
| - | * [[Phantasm (music group)|Phantasm]] (director: [[Laurence Dreyfus]]) for [[viola da gamba]] four-part consort (1998) | ||
| - | * [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]] Brass (1998) | ||
| - | * [[Fretwork (music group)|Fretwork]] for Consort of [[Viol]]s (2002) | ||
| - | * [[József Eötvös (musician)|József Eötvös]] for two eight-string [[guitar]]s (2002) | ||
| - | * {{ill|Walter Riemer|de|Walter Riemer (Musiker)}} first version on [[fortepiano]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niederfellabrunn.at/shop/J2ES2EBach3A_The_Art_of_the_Fugue_2D_Die_Kunst_der_Fuge2C_BWV_1080.html|title=J. S. Bach: The Art of the Fugue – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080|website=www.niederfellabrunn.at}}</ref> | ||
| - | * An electronic version, ''[[Laibachkunstderfuge]]'', by [[Neue Slowenische Kunst]] industrial band [[Laibach]] (2008) | ||
| - | * [[Vulfpeck]] (founder Jack Stratton) for [[talk box]] (2016)<ref>{{YouTube|YcxQdRIY11o|Jack Stratton: Contrapunctus IX (talkbox)}}</ref> | ||
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The Art of Fugue (or The Art of the Fugue; Template:Lang-de), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Written in the last decade of his life, The Art of Fugue is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works.
This work consists of 14 fugues and 4 canons in D minor, each using some variation of a single principal subject, and generally ordered to increase in complexity. "The governing idea of the work", as put by Bach specialist Christoph Wolff, "was an exploration in depth of the contrapuntal possibilities inherent in a single musical subject." The word "contrapunctus" is often used for each fugue.
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See also
- List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
- List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime
- The Art of Fugue discography
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