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The six-part fugue in the "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, in the hand of Johann Sebastian BachIn classical music, a fugue (/ f juː ɡ /, from Latin fuga, meaning "flight" or "escape" [1]) is a contrapuntal, polyphonic compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches ...
The fugue's four-and-a-half measure subject in G minor is one of Bach's most recognizable tunes. The fugue is in four voices. During the episodes, Bach uses one of Arcangelo Corelli's most famous techniques: imitation between two voices on an eighth note upbeat figure that first leaps up a fourth and then falls back down one step at a time. [2]
Other movements by Bach in Ouverture Texture, where the 16th notes can be played in long–short notes inégales are the Fugue in D Major, WTCI; the Gigue in the French Suite in D Minor; the fugue in D Minor from WTC II – where the 16th notes can be played in long–short notes inégales against the general triplet texture (not unlike the ...
Bach's autograph of the 4th Fugue of Book 1 Bach's autograph of Fugue No. 17 in A ♭ major from the second part of Das Wohltemperirte Clavier. Each set contains 24 pairs of prelude and fugue. The first pair is in C major, the second in C minor, the third in C ♯ major, the fourth in C ♯ minor, and so on.
The first page of J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Toccata (from Italian toccare, literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally ...
A prelude and fugue is a musical form generally consisting of two movements in the same key for solo keyboard. In classical music , the combination of prelude and fugue is one with a long history. Many composers have written works of this kind.
The trailer has debuted for “Fugue” (Fuga), which is world premiering simultaneously at the Edinburgh and Lima film festivals. The hybrid feature is directed by Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte ...
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