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The Study of Fugue
Author(s): Alfred Mann (Author)
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Publication Date: August 1, 1987
- Language: English
- Print length: 339 pages
- ISBN-10: 0486254399
- ISBN-13: 9780486254395
Book 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.
