Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 1 March 2024
- ISBN 9780197536636
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 140x210x16 mm
- Weight 318 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 11 halftones, 25 musical examples, 541
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Short description:
Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering unpacks two closely related masterworks from the composer's final decade. Bach scholar and keyboard player Matthew Dirst provides essential background on this music, explains its specialized vocabulary and distinctive procedures, offers close readings of individual movements, and synthesizes what we know about both original editions. Additional features include a curated survey of the historical reception of this music in various media and suggestions in each chapter for further reading.
MoreLong description:
The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehensive study of two closely related masterworks of the late Baroque fugal style. This compact guide, intended for practitioners, music scholars, and a general readership, summarizes a considerable body of knowledge about these famously cerebral collections in an engaging and accessible style.
Bach specialist and keyboard player Matthew Dirst explains the Art of Fugue and Musical Offering's idiosyncratic musical language while reviewing how both projects took shape during Bach's final decade. They reflect Bach's lifelong fascination with learned counterpoint, as demonstrated in elaborate series of fugues and canons in both and in an unusually intricate trio sonata in the latter. Dirst provides commentary on individual movements and groups of pieces and on the historical reception of this music, including its impact on other disciplines. Recurring themes include Bach's diligent exploration of contrapuntal types and techniques, his embrace of musical games, and his creative assimilation of diverse musical styles.
A work reflecting impeccable scholarship, deep understanding of performance issues, and obvious reverence for the music. This volume will long be consulted by anyone taking the plunge into the Musical Offering or the Art of Fugue.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Contrapuntal Pursuits
2. Origins and Audience
3. From One, Many
4. Musical Gaming
5. Paying Tribute
6. Elusive Ideals
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
