The Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715-1750

by Joseph Kerman

Book Overview

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Fugue for J. S. Bach was a natural language; he wrote fugues in organ toccatas and voluntaries, in masses and motets, in orchestral and chamber music, and even in his sonatas for violin solo. The more intimate fugues he wrote for keyboard are among the greatest,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520287630
• ISBN13: 9780520287631
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"