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Contrapunctus XV from "The Art of Fugue" for Brass Quintet
20110013
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Contrapunctus XV from "The Art of Fugue" for Brass Quintet by Johann Sebastian Bach Brass Quintet - Sheet Music

By Johann Sebastian Bach
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Brass Quintet - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2683

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Baroque. Score and parts. Cherry Classics #CC2683. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2683).

J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right.

Number 15 is an unfinished four-voice, quadruple fugue. Only the first three subjects are introduced, the third being a chromatic subject built from the letters of Bach's name—B (B-flat), A, C, H (B-natural). Just at the point where all three subjects are combined, the manuscript breaks off, and C. P. E. Bach wrote in the score that the composer has died. Bach clearly intended that the original "Art of Fugue" theme was to be the final subject and all four themes would combine in a glorious climax. Whether he intended to finish the work or leave it up to others to complete is conjecture. About 8 minutes in length.

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