{"id":1523,"date":"2009-12-11T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T17:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2009-12-11T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T17:44:11","slug":"bach-the-art-of-the-fugue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/bach-the-art-of-the-fugue-1523\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach &#8211; The Art of the Fugue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This incomplete masterpiece was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/sheet_music\/Bach.htm\">Bach<\/a>\u2019s last and greatest effort in the area of fugue writing and musical transformation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/piano_sheet_music\/Bach-2849\/Art-Fugue.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/search\/images_tn\/bachj\/bach_art_of_fugue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In contrast with the earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/Bach-9\/WTC-1.htm\">Well Tempered Clavier<\/a>, this collection of fugues and canons all share not only the same key but also the same subject. Recent handwriting and watermark studies have shown that The Art of the Fugue was composed about ten years before Bach\u2019s death, which of course only increases speculation as to why it was left unfinished.<br \/>\nAnother matter of speculation is if The Art of the Fugue was meant as a keyboard or ensemble work, or as mainly an intellectual exercise, not meant to be physically realised at all. However, the fact that practically all of it is playable by two hands on the keyboard clearly suggests that Bach intended the work for the harpsichord or organ.<\/p>\n<p>Sheet music of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/piano_sheet_music\/Bach-2849\/Art-Fugue.html\">The Art of the Fugue <\/a>is now available in the Piano Street sheet music library, edited for solo keyboard by Carl Czerny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This incomplete masterpiece was Bach\u2019s last and greatest effort in the area of fugue writing and musical transformation. 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