Fugue (?) in 2 keys?

[classical88]

A teacher colleague of mine asked me if I was aware of a piece, she thought a fugue, written with sharps in one hand and flats in the other.  She thought it was perhaps called "Cat's Fugue," but I only know of the Scarlatti with that name, which is not in 2 keys.  She apparently performed this piece years ago, but her scores were destroyed in a flood and she's trying to track down what it was.  I told her I'd help her search.

Any thoughts?

[michael_c]

Many composers have written bitonal pieces (Bartòk and Stravinsky, for instance) but for the moment I can't think of a bitonal fugue. I'll keep it in the back of my mind: maybe something with pop up in my memory.

[medtnaculus]

This is driving me nuts. I listened a few months ago to a CD with a bunch of polytonal studies on it which were like paraphrases on some Bach fugues and inventions. Can not for the life of me remember the composers name.

[perfect_pitch]

A teacher colleague of mine asked me if I was aware of a piece, she thought a fugue, written with sharps in one hand and flats in the other.  She thought it was perhaps called "Cat's Fugue," but I only know of the Scarlatti with that name, which is not in 2 keys.  She apparently performed this piece years ago, but her scores were destroyed in a flood and she's trying to track down what it was.  I told her I'd help her search.

Mmm... I think I can help. Was it 'the Polycats Waltz'?

Grade 4 piece, RH with 3 sharps, LH with 3 flats, then in the middle section, the hands change key signatures???

[classical88]

perfect_pitch,

That sounds promising.  I'll pass it on.  Do you happen to know the composer?

Thanks.

[michael_c]

The composer of the Polycat Waltz is Laurence Whiffin: Cat Pieces (1985)

[alkan2010]

Anton Reicha's 36 Fugues contain some incredible innovations in terms of form and tonality. You can find the score in IMSLP, maybe the Fugue you look after is among them.

[medtnaculus]

After much searching I found what I mentioned in the post above. I last listened to it in september apparently so it took quite some time to track down.

Rodion Shchedrin — Polyphonic notebook

Not that it really helps but I felt committed to remembering. It's not polytonal either, but I'm just happy I found it.

It stuck with me because no. 12 imitates one of Bachs inventions which happened to be the one which gave me RSI.