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Fugue
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.