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HISTORICAL NOTES
Mary Rasmussen
aputtn ices ste Rute is the final contrapuntal tour de force of the greatest
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sein uaics af the tenth, a triple ioverted fugue, two levertr is fugues
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Sasser’ ite Inventions and the Oxgelbachlein ~ the Art af Fugue is a work of
didactic mrpore! which sisce above mere pelagegy tenie place among the
great works of the Late Baroque,
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Sater Ms supervision before his death in 1750 The eetk en originally publish
Be te | UL ee ere ots nave, acne increasing
the sales, with a lengthy preface by F. we
Marpure, sch in tura inspired Marpurg to write tie own elecdae,
Seuaaias ‘vende: Tags (1153-54), which becarue ths Geee nkee mid-eigh-
er Ee Be aha ae a eee treasured
by euch connoisseurs as Marpurg and Mattworo
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the ia ae eaiee, UP L0F sale apon the “ficet acceptable tier’: What became of
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Ser raiel the ork at Gis eagscerlon at CAC Soa Wenese rnin ee began to
be. generally Feowm, Selatcdly setting’ oul to'beece tee? io today recognized as
Bee dea ca tena! Of this work t5'= tour- part composition’: Ta order
five parte Bae Todt Derioda to the various parts (f bas bern chord here for
five parts. ihe extra part is used to give relief from the steady
Fendane Sree lor I Bs fous pmct versions the adier tacrsiiee dynamic and
gee ptuernanes sthavelbalng *
from The Art of Fugue
TUBA
JOHANN BACH
(s38-1760)
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