Contrapuntal music in the baroque era.
Contrapunctus 1 from Die Kunst der Fuge - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Different versions! :-) Check the playlist of Spotify.
Working with a theme or subject.
The function of cadence and pedal point in the fugue compared to the sonata form.
Key terms
- Fugue
- Fugue theme
- Answer (real/tonal)
- Dux vs. Comes
- Episode or divertimento
- Tactus (pulse)
- Consonance en dissonance
- Dissonant and dissonant treatment
- Complementary rythm
- Harmonic background of a fugue theme
- Picardian third
Scores
PDF 4 staves
PDF Czerny for piano :-)
