Title: The art of fugue :
Authors: Kerman, Joseph,; Moroney, Davitt,; Rosenak, Karen,
Date: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press,
Physical description: xxiii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm +
Language: English
LC classification: M
Abstract: "In a series of essays, musicologist Joseph Kerman discusses his favorite Bach keyboard fugues - some of them among the best-known fugues and others much less familiar. Kerman reveals the inner workings of these pieces, linking the form of the fugues with their many different characters and expressive qualities, and illuminating what makes them particularly beautiful, powerful, and moving." "These pieces, addressed to musical amateurs as well as to specialists and students, are augmented by a CD with new performances made specially for this volume. In addition to complete scores for all the music discussed in the book, the CD features Karen Rosenak, piano, playing two preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier - C Major, book I; and B Major, book 2 - and recordings by Davitt Moroney of the Fughetta in C Major, BWV 952, on clavichord; the Fugue on "Jesus Christus unser Heiland," BWV 689, on organ; and the Fantasy and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904, on harpsichord."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Fugue in C major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in C minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fughetta in C major, BWV 952 -- Fugue in C-sharp minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Contrapunctus 1 : The art of fugue -- Contrapunctus 10 : The art of fugue -- Chromatic fantasy and fugue, BWV 903 -- Prelude and fugue in E-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in E major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Fugue on "Jesus Christus unser Heiland" : Clavierübung, book 3 -- Fugue in F-sharp minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Gigue : English suite no. 3 in G minor -- Fugue in A-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in A minor : Fantasy and fugue in A minor, BWV 904 -- Fugue in B-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Fugue in B major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Notes to the CD -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Notes: Accompanying disc contains audio files and pdf files of Bach compositions.
Subject headings (LCSH): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Keyboard music.; Fugue.