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It establishes the tonic key (E ♭), presents theme I, and ends on the dominant (B ♭). [1] The second section starts at m. 10, and ends at m. 25. It is a chorale, in the style of four-part harmony, introducing theme II. [4] The third section starts at m. 25 and lasts until the end.
A fugue usually has three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a final entry that contains the return of the subject in the fugue's tonic key. Fugues can also have episodes, which are parts of the fugue where new material often based on the subject is heard; a stretto (plural stretti), when the fugue's subject overlaps itself in ...
In each book the first Prelude and Fugue is in C major, followed by a Prelude and Fugue in its parallel minor key . Then all keys, each major key followed by its parallel minor key, are followed through, each time moving up a half tone: C → C ♯ → D → E ♭ → E → F → F ♯ → ... ending with ... → B ♭ → B.
The term is most widely used [4] as an analytical convenience to denote a portion of a movement identified as an example of classical tonal sonata form.The exposition typically establishes the music's tonic key, and then modulates to, and ends in, the dominant. [5]
The ritornello, or parts of it, recurs ten times in the movement, which it also concludes. The fugue subject is heard in C minor and G minor, and their relative major keys, E ♭ major and B ♭ major; further complexity is added by reprises starting in the middle of a bar. Musical material from the ritornello and interlude is developed ...
This article lists the fugal works of Johann Sebastian Bach, defined here as the fugues, fughettas, and canons, as well as other works containing fugal expositions but not denoted as fugues, such as some choral sections of the Mass in B minor, the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion, and the cantatas.
The rondo theme of Darius Milhaud's Le bœuf sur le toit is played fifteen times in all 12 major keys (twice in A major and three times in the tonic, C major). It also passes through every minor key except E minor and B minor.
E-flat major was the second-flattest key Mozart used in his music. For him, E-flat major was associated with Freemasonry; "E-flat evoked stateliness and an almost religious character." [4] Edward Elgar wrote his Variation IX "Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations in E-flat major. Its strong, yet vulnerable character has led the piece to become a ...