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BWV 577 – Fugue in G major "à la Gigue" (spurious) BWV 578 – Fugue in G minor "Little" BWV 579 – Fugue on a theme by Arcangelo Corelli (from Op. 3, No. 4); in B Minor; BWV 580 – Fugue in D major (spurious) BWV 581 – Fugue in G major (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius) BWV 581a – Fugue in G major (spurious)
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 ...
In German musical nomenclature, in which the note B natural is named H and the B flat named B, it forms Johann Sebastian Bach's family name. One of the most frequently occurring examples of a musical cryptogram, the motif has been used by countless composers, especially after the Bach Revival in the first half of the 19th century.
Theme. 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.
If one ignores the sixteenth notes that pass between the main chords, every single note is in the tonic triad—in this case, a C, E, or G. Example of a tonal answer in J.S. Bach's Fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 861, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (1722). ( Listen)
Fugue for violin and continuo G min. Vl Bc 43 1: 39 VI/5: 59 01207: 1027 10. c.1742 Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 1: G maj. Gam Hc 9: 175 VI/4: 3 after BWV 1039; → 1027/1a /2a /4a: 01208: 1028 10. Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 2: D maj. Gam Hc 9: 175 VI/4: 21 01210: 1029 10. Sonata for gamba and harpsichord No. 3: G min. Gam Hc ...
The title page of the first book of J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, which covers all 24 major and minor keys.. There is a long tradition in classical music of writing music in sets of pieces that cover all the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale.
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.