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Analyzing Fugue: A Schenkerian Approach

Analyzing Fugue: A Schenkerian Approach

Hardcover

Music Instruction: GeneralMusic Reference

ISBN10: 163667299X
ISBN13: 9781636672991
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: Jan 28 2025
Pages: 230
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

How did Bach, Handel, and others go about improvising and composing masterful fugues, many of which remain popular and beloved to this day? What are the underlying principles that govern this most elevated musical art? This book explores the application of Heinrich Schenker's groundbreaking theory of tonal music to the field of fugue, with special reference to J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Building upon the conventional patterns of thoroughbass and counterpoint, it covers the tonal structure of subjects and answers, the tonal patterns of fugal expositions, sequences, strettos, and complete fugues. It develops a theory of subject and answer paradigms and voice-leading patterns that undergird and shape the great fugal works of the baroque era.

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