The Art of the Fugue

José Rodríguez Alvira

The Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080) is one of the great monothematic works of Bach. It is based on this theme:

With this theme Bach writes 14 fugues (one was unfinished) and 4 canons:

4 simple fugues (Contrapunctus I to IV)
Contrapunctus I Contrapunctus II Contrapunctus III Contrapunctus IV
3 stretto fugues with inverted answers (Contrapunctus V to VII)
Contrapunctus V Contrapunctus VI Contrapunctus VII
4 double / triples fugues (Contrapunctus VIII to XI)
Contrapunctus VIII Contrapunctus IX Contrapunctus X Contrapunctus XI
2 mirror fugues (Contrapunctus XII to XIII)
Contrapunctus XII Contrapunctus XIII
Canons
Canon alla Ottava Canon alla Duodecima in contrapunto alla Quinta Canon alla Decima in contrapunto alla Terza Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu
Other articles
About the expositions of Contrapunctus I to IV Subjects from the Art of the Fugue Scores in teoria.com

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