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Topic: the story of one hundred symphony favorites  (Read 1288 times)

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the story of one hundred symphony favorites
on: September 23, 2006, 08:46:46 PM
i happened to find this book amongst a lot of old textbooks of myhusband. it is a little tiny book about 2x3.  anyway - it reinterates what i thought i heard in a music class. the idea that cpe bach used the 'fugue' idea to creat a blueprint for the 'symphony' based on something else (the presentation of two tunes, co-equal in importance). 

there's a few more tidbits.  but, perhaps someone would care to share more about how a fugue turned into a symphony.

www.aam.co.uk/index.htm  tells a little more about it.
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