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The Study of Fugue

By Alfred Mann

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
1987
ISBN
0486254399, 9780486254395
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
34 MB (35210382 bytes)
Series
Dover Books on Music
Pages
339\0
Topic
Art Music: Guitar
Time added
2017-06-25 00:32:57
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Description

Classic study comprises two parts. The first is a comprehensive historical survey of writings on the fugue from the beginning of fugal teaching (c. 1350) to the present. Part Two explores in depth four 18th-century studies which are its classical presentations: Steps to Parnassus, J. J. Fux (1725), A Treatise on Fugue, F. W. Marpurg (1753–54), Fundamental and Practical Essay on Fugal Counterpoint, Padre Martini (1775), A Manual of the Fundamental Principles of Composition, J. A. Albrechtsberger (1790). Translations of texts, introductions and critical commentary, and many musical examples. Index. Bibliography.

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