Fugue

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Fugue

Music Fiction: general and literary

Author: Ebenezer Prout

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Language: English

Published by: Bartlet Press

Published on: 23rd March 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 31 Mb

ISBN: 9781446547793


Introduction

This vintage book contains a comprehensive yet concise guide to fugue. A fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices that is built upon a theme - which is brought in at the beginning in imitation and recurs throughout a composition.

Contents

Including simple explanations and useful illustrations, this easily-digestible treatise is ideal for the student or those with an interest in music theory, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. Chapters of this book include: The Subject, The Answer, The Counter Subject, The Exposition and Counter-Exposition, Episode, Stretto, The Middle and Final Sections of a Fugue, Fughatta and Gugato, etcetera.

Publication

We are republishing this vintage text now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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