How to compose a Fuge?

[madsfr1234]

Hi, i will ask yo about some rules to compose a fuge, maybe some books where you can learn i't or something like that

[Bob]

Yo!  What's a fuge? 

(Bob is being a nitpicking jokester, and is really hoping he does know the correct spelling of fugue.)


All right.  Enlighten me.  Which language is that in?  Fuge and not fugue?  I want to know now.

(Bob never ever, ever makes typos and knows how to spell every single word... ever written!... )

And what language is 'fugue' from any way?

(Bob becomes paranoid about grammatical mistakes and typos and stops this post.)

[jazzyprof]

Here, this is how to write a fugue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDcC2LOJhQ
 

[Bob]

So... Brittany Spears got fugued?

Very clever video.  Amusing.

Definitely something to be said for pitches though.  His voice kind of mashed together after awhile.


More serious answer...

Get a book.  Start with a two voice invention.  Then three voice.  Then the fugue.  Start easy.  Study Bach's two-part inventions. 

[ganymed]

Yo!  What's a fuge? 

(Bob is being a nitpicking jokester, and is really hoping he does know the correct spelling of fugue.)


All right.  Enlighten me.  Which language is that in?  Fuge and not fugue?  I want to know now.

(Bob never ever, ever makes typos and knows how to spell every single word... ever written!... )

And what language is 'fugue' from any way?

(Bob becomes paranoid about grammatical mistakes and typos and stops this post

Bach invented the Fugue and in his mother tongue it is called "Fuge" (german)

[jabbz]

Bach invented the fugue?

[ganymed]

i thought so didnt he ? If not please you can correct me !

[Bob]

I would say mastered the fugue or raised it above what others were doing with it. 

I think I posted the wikipedia link on the "evolve a fugue" thread.  I don't remember now.  I remember looking at something.

There were fantasias before that too.  Not that same thing as a laster fantasia.