In the last decade of his life, from 1740 to 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach abandoned the furious pace of composition he had maintained for over 30 years and concentrated his creative energies largely on ...

Many people, if they wonder how music is made up, suppose that it consists of a tune and an accompaniment. The paradigmatic guitarist in front of a campfire croons the melody, while his hands create ...

Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. Fugue in C Major: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 CHAPTER 1 Fugue in C Major ...

It was a breathtaking evening in mid-September. Beneath the lofty stone vaults of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Midtown Manhattan, resounding echoes filled the space, making the notes seem to ...

'Fantasy on a Fugue by Bach'Lowell Lieberman took a Bach Fugue as a starting point when he wrote his "Fantasy on a Fugue by Bach." It's music for piano and winds, played by an ensemble called Les ...

Tom Service explores fugues, trying his hand at Bach's Fugue in C minor from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier and getting tips from harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani. Show more Tom Service looks at ...

In The Art of Fugue, “Bach plays to God and himself in an empty church”, the critic and composer Wilfrid Mellers memorably wrote. The sequence of 20 fugues and canons, grouped according to the ...

Several individuals and groups have performed versions of J S Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, fusing together the original piece with different styles of music. One version of Bach’s Toccata and ...