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Learning the art of fugue with J.S.Bach's The Art of Fugue: Analysis of Contrapunctus I

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TRO analyses the first fugue in J.S.Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge, looking at the construction of the subject and answer, form, and the use of motives. BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER READING AND WATCHING: Bach, J.S. Handwritten score: http://ks.petruccimusiclibrary.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2f/IMSLP107570-PMLP05843-Bach,_JS,_Die_Kunst_der_Fugue,_BWV_1080,_Autograph.pdf Bach, C.P.E. 1752 edition: http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/9/99/IMSLP429228-PMLP05843-D-B_Mus._O._17364_Rara_(BWV_1080)_45-67.pdf Cobussen, M. Deconstruction in Music [Contrapunctus I, para. 4]. Interactive Dissertation, Department of Art and Culture Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands: http://www.deconstruction-in-music.com/proefschrift/400_j_s_bach/450_contrapunctus_1/contrapunctus.html Couprie, P. (2009) A nice graphic analysis (in French), with an edition that helpfully points out deviations from the handwritten score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ZUIe4-CJM&t=48s Graeser, W. (1926) The Art of the Fugue. Bach Gesellschaft Augabe. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel: https://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/1/1d/IMSLP469177-PMLP5843-Bach,_J.S._-_The_Art_of_the_Fugue.pdf Hook Theory - a great community-sourced theory site: https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/johann-sebastian-bach/bwv-1080-art-of-the-fugue---contrapunctus-i Mondrup, C. (2018) Edition of The Art of Fugue used for this video, based on an edition by Werner Icking: http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/5/57/IMSLP504803-PMLP5843-kfrev.pdf Sokolov recording used in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOYhWxjPmtY Tovey, D.F. (compiled 2013 from original 1931 OUP publications) Bach's The Art of Fugue & A Companion to The Art of Fugue. New York: Dover Publications

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