Art of the Fugue sheet music with fingering

[steveie986]

Dear friends, I need your help. I'm trying to find an edition of the Art of the Fugue with fingering directions written in. I'm too lazy to work out my own fingering - and we all know fingering in Bach is crucial. If you have it, could you be so benevolent as to upload it here and thus engage in some illegal behavior? I can try to get you something in return.

Blessings and have a beautiful day.

[liszt1022]

I don't have it "illegally" but find a printed version of Busoni's edition, he has good fingerings for that work.

[bwv1080]

My first post here...I've actually recently begun learning the Art of the Fugue (almost done with the third contrapunctus).
steveie986:
While looking for a volume of the Art of the Fugue, I ran into a similar problem...no urtext editions with fingering?  But after buying a fingering-free Henle and learning the first fugue, I realized why it was published this way--the fingerings that I was forced to use were unlike any I've used before!  4 5 4, 1-5--you name it, I quickly discovered my (sore) fingers stretching and crawling across the keyboard.  Learning and playing each of these fugues is like solving a puzzle, and solving the fingering is part of the experience!  Looking back on it, I know that most of my fingerings are unorthodox and very personal.  I'm glad that I didn't have to cross out any editor's suggestions.

[ramseytheii]

Perhaps you can watch this video of the Art of Fugue and get some ideas on fingering:

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5225217059606435400

Walter Ramsey

[bwv1080]

This is indeed a precious link....
"This composition by Bach is played on Electronic Organ by well known Transvestite Fashion Super Model and Amateur Musician - Miss Denise Hewitt

*** Denise is wearing a Classic Chanel Style Woven Mini-Skirt for this performance of the Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach"
 

[steveie986]

Miss Denise is a classic.

I've worked out my own fingering for Contrapunctus I, but I'm not very satisfied with it. Using the correct fingering is absolutely crucial in contrapuntal music. If you choose a slower tempo, you can get away with some dodgy fingering, but a faster tempo requires ergonomically correct fingering.