Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
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Performances
Harmonium
Selections
Contrapunctus I
*#108725 - 6.30MB - 4:35 - (2) - !N/!N/!N - 1932x⇩
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Christoph Lahme (9 July 2011)
Christoph Lahme (Harmonium)
Essen: Christoph Lahme, 9th July 2011.
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Instrument built by Balthasar Florence, Namur (ca.1890).
Distributed by Carl Simon, Berlin.
Restored by harmonium-werkstatt.de (Klaus Langer), Mai 2011.
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Contrapunctus IV
*#121656 - 8.86MB - 6:27 - (2) - !N/!N/!N - 487x⇩
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Chr. Lahme (10 September 2011)
Christoph Lahme (Harmonium)
Essen: Christoph Lahme, 9th August 2011.
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Recording by using a portable recorder.
Harmonium by Alexandre et Fils (Paris: 1859).
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Synthesized/MIDI
Selections: Contrapunctus I, II, IV, IX, XVI rectus, XVI inversus
For 2 Recorders (Andreola)
Contrapunctus I
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Contrapunctus II
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Contrapunctus IV
*#162057 - 0.02MB - ? - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 75x⇩
Contrapunctus IX
*#162058 - 0.02MB - ? - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 72x⇩
Contrapunctus XVI rectus
*#162059 - 0.01MB - ? - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 49x⇩
Contrapunctus XVI inversus
*#162060 - 0.01MB - ? - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 44x⇩
Giacomo Andreola
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Selections (zipped)
MIDI performance
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Synthesized MIDI
Werner Icking
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*Contrapunctus 1 - 13, 10a, 19,
- Canon in Hypodiapason/Canon alla Ottava,
- Canon in Hypodiatessaron al roversio e per augmentationem, perpetuus
- Canon alla Decima Contrapunto alla Terza
- Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
- Fuga a 2. Clav
- Alio moda Fuga a 2. Clav.
- Choral Wenn wir in hoechsten Noethen
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Scores
Scores and Parts
Complete
Complete score
*#107570 - 37.61MB, 42 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 3784x⇩
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Ralph Theo Misch (1 July 2011)
Composer's manuscript, n.d.(ca.1742-1746).
The pages 36-37 are missing from the source.
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Complete score
*#23444 - 22.60MB, 74 pages - (8) - V/V/V - 11261x⇩
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Aldona Jones (22 October 2008)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
First edition
Leipzig: n.d.(ca.1750). n.p.
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Fugues 1-5
*#02145 - 1.48MB, 21 pages - (8) - V/V/V - 11204x⇩
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Feldmahler (19 November 2006)
Fugues 6-10
*#02146 - 1.93MB, 26 pages - (3) - V/V/V - 3079x⇩
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Feldmahler (19 November 2006)
Fugues 11-14
*#02147 - 1.84MB, 23 pages - (5) - V/V/V - 3342x⇩
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Feldmahler (19 November 2006)
Unnumbered canons and fugues (total 4 canons and 3 fugues)
*#02148 - 2.44MB, 32 pages - (3) - V/V/V - 2446x⇩
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Feldmahler (19 November 2006)
Anhang (Appendix):
Die Kunst der Fuge nach dem Berliner Autograph in Anordnung und Lesarten
*#02149 - 0.87MB, 14 pages - (3) - V/V/V - 1620x⇩
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Feldmahler (19 November 2006)
Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 25
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1878. Plate B.W. XXV.
First Version of the Bach-Gesellschaft-Edition
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Contrapuncti I-V
*#07803 - 2.31MB, 27 (#1-27) pages - (3) - V/V/V - 6939x⇩
Contrapuncti VI-X
*#07804 - 3.05MB, 34 (#28-61) pages - (0) - V/V/V - 2197x⇩
Contrapuncti XI-XV
*#07805 - 1.92MB, 23 (#62-84) pages - (1) - V/V/V - 2305x⇩
Contrapuncti XVI-XIX, and Choral
*#07806 - 3.85MB, 38 (#85-122) pages - (1) - V/V/V - 2537x⇩
Appendix: Earlier versions, Thematic index.
*#07807 - 0.75MB, 10 (#123-132) pages - (0) - V/V/V - 1009x⇩
Wolfgang Graeser (1906-1928)
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 47
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926. Plate B.W. XLVII.
Second Version of the Bach-Gesellschaft-Edition
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Complete Score
*#121927 - 1.31MB, 100 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 3716x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Engraving files (PMX)
*#221787 - 0.43MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 0x⇩
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Reccmo (20 May 2012)
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Selections
Excerpt (2 pages)
*#23032 - 9.81MB, 2 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 1645x⇩
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Perlnerd666 (12 October 2008)
Hermann Kretzschmar (1848-1924)
Composer's autograph
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 44
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1895. Plate B.W. XLIV.
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Contrapunctus IX
*#129544 - 0.14MB, 6 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 522x⇩
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Pierre Gouin (25 September 2011)
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Complete
For Organ (Straeten)
Complete Score
*#05943 - 1.10MB, 85 pages - (5) - !N/!N/!N - 3435x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Martin Straeten
Keller, Klaus-Dieter (14 May 2007)
Engraving files (PMX, MusiXTeX)
*#221821 - 0.05MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 0x⇩
Martin Straeten, 2001
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in memoriam Werner Icking
Based on an early manuscript version from a. 1740
Orientation: landscape.
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For Piano solo (Czerny)
Complete Score
*#25133 - 9.62MB, 82 pages - (4) - V/V/V - 6490x⇩
Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Unidentified publisher, n.d.(ca.1900).
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933). Piano Series 3051.
Includes preface and index of incipits, but heavily edited with articulations and dynamics; reprint omits original publishing information.
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For Piano solo
Complete Score
*#35218 - 9.17MB, 80 pages - (3) - C*/C*/C* - 6850x⇩
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Wilkinx (22 July 2009)
Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.
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Selections: Contrapunctus I-VII, IX-XII, Xa, Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV)
For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Icking)
Complete Parts
*#121933 - 1.63MB, 144 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1357x⇩
PDF file, Typeset byWerner Icking
Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Violin 1 part
*#121929 - 0.30MB, 24 pages - (1) - !N/!N/!N - 745x⇩
PDF file, Typeset byWerner Icking
Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Violin 2 part
*#121930 - 0.32MB, 24 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 467x⇩
PDF file, Typeset byWerner Icking
Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Viola part
*#121931 - 0.30MB, 24 pages - (3) - !N/!N/!N - 440x⇩
PDF file, Typeset byWerner Icking
Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Cello part
*#121932 - 0.28MB, 24 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 474x⇩
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Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
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Selections: Contrapunctus I-XI, XIX
For Organ solo (Biebricher)
Complete Score
*#129211 - 0.97MB, 76 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 632x⇩
Engraving files (PMX)
*#178122 - 0.04MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 22x⇩
Complete Score (middle staff in Tenor clef)
*#129212 - 0.95MB, 75 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 97x⇩
Engraving files (PMX)
*#178123 - 0.06MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 16x⇩
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Selections: Contrapunctus I, II, IV, IX, XVI rectus, XVI inversus
For 3 or 4 Recorders (Andreola)
Contrapunctus I - Complete Score
*#161940 - 0.10MB, 4 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 501x⇩
Descant recorder
*#161941 - 0.04MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 109x⇩
Treble recorder
*#161942 - 0.04MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 84x⇩
Tenor recorder
*#161943 - 0.03MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 82x⇩
Bass recorder
*#161944 - 0.03MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 78x⇩
Engraving files (Encore)
*#178526 - 0.71MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 28x⇩
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Contrapunctus II - Complete Score
*#161945 - 0.11MB, 5 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 168x⇩
Descant- and Treble recorder
*#161946 - 0.07MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 65x⇩
Tenor- and Bass recorder
*#161947 - 0.06MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 51x⇩
Giacomo Andreola
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Contrapunctus IV - Complete Score
*#161948 - 0.16MB, 6 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 139x⇩
Descant- and Treble recorder
*#161949 - 0.09MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 57x⇩
Tenor- and Bass recorder
*#161950 - 0.08MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 49x⇩
Giacomo Andreola
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Contrapunctus IX - Complete Score
*#161951 - 0.10MB, 6 pages - (1) - !N/!N/!N - 142x⇩
Descant- and Treble recorder
*#161952 - 0.07MB, 3 pages - (1) - !N/!N/!N - 56x⇩
Tenor- and Bass recorder
*#161953 - 0.04MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 52x⇩
Giacomo Andreola
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Contrapunctus XVI rectus - Complete Score
*#162047 - 0.07MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 149x⇩
Treble recorder 1
*#162048 - 0.04MB, 2 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 60x⇩
Treble recorder 2
*#162049 - 0.04MB, 2 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 44x⇩
Bass recorder
*#162050 - 0.03MB, 2 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 45x⇩
Giacomo Andreola
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Contrapunctus XVI inversus - Complete Score
*#162051 - 0.07MB, 4 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 118x⇩
Treble recorder 1
*#162052 - 0.03MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 53x⇩
Treble recorder 2
*#162053 - 0.03MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 43x⇩
Bass recorder
*#162054 - 0.03MB, 1 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 41x⇩
Giacomo Andreola
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Selections: Contrapunctus VIII and XIII
For Violin, Viola and Cello (Icking)
Complete Score
*#122245 - 0.25MB, 14 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 479x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Violin part
*#122246 - 0.11MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 223x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Viola part
*#122247 - 0.09MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 193x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Cello part
*#122248 - 0.10MB, 3 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 169x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Complete Parts
*#122249 - 0.36MB, 21 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 231x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
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Selections: Canons
For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Icking)
Canons: Complete
*#122251 - 0.33MB, 15 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 381x⇩
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Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Violin Soprano part
*#122252 - 0.23MB, 9 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 195x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Cello Bass part
*#122253 - 0.22MB, 9 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 149x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Violin Bass part
*#122254 - 0.27MB, 9 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 117x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
Viola Bass part
*#122255 - 0.27MB, 9 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 120x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Werner Icking
Coulonnus (13 September 2011)
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For 2 Recorders (Gomez)
canon 14 .15 16 17
*#188609 - 0.58MB, 23 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 51x⇩
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Marc Lanoiselée (15 March 2012)
Engraving files (Finale)
*#188610 - 0.48MB, ? pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 10x⇩
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Marc Lanoiselée (15 March 2012)
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For Keyboard (Gomez)
Complete score
*#188658 - 0.57MB, 21 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 87x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Alberto Gomez Gomez
Marc Lanoiselée (15 March 2012)
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Contrapunctus I
For Orchestra (Witt)
Complete Score
*#128886 - 0.18MB, 15 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 309x⇩
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Ulrich Witt (24 September 2011)
Complete Parts
*#128960 - 0.25MB, 18 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 114x⇩
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Ulrich Witt (24 September 2011)
Eigenverlag
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arranged for Orchestra (Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (B), 2 Bassoons, 2 French Horn (F), Trumpet (B, C), Tuba, Timpani and Strings)
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For Double Reed Quartet (Notenschreiber)
Contrapunctus I - Complete Score and Parts
*#11425 - 0.10MB, 9 pages - (1) - !N/!N/!N - 1609x⇩
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Notenschreiber (7 August 2007)
Notenschreiber
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Scored for oboe, Englsh horn, bass oboe, bassoon
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (RSB)
Complete Score
*#95037 - 0.06MB, 4 pages - (1) - !N/!N/!N - 1715x⇩
RSB
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For Piano solo (Kg)
Complete Score
*#06271 - 0.07MB, 2 pages - (3) - !N/!N/!N - 1722x⇩
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Based on vol.25.1 of the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe (see above).
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Fuga, alio modo Fuga
For 2 Keyboards (Icking)
Complete Score
*#122041 - 0.15MB, 9 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 306x⇩
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Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Clavier 1 part
*#122042 - 0.10MB, 5 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 104x⇩
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Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
Clavier 2 part
*#122043 - 0.10MB, 5 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 74x⇩
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Coulonnus (12 September 2011)
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All other editions have another version of Alio Modo Fuga, meas. 27: The 4th note Clav 1, rh is B♭ and the 5th note of Clav 1, lh is also B♭.
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General Information
| Work Title | The Art of the Fugue |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title | Die Kunst der Fuge |
| Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | BWV 1080 |
| Key | D minor |
| Movements/Sections | 14 numbered fugues, 4 unnumbered canons, 3 unnumbered fugues (BGA) |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1748–49 |
| First Publication | 1750 |
| Average Duration | 80-100 minutes |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | unspecified, but most likely keyboard |
| Related Works | See also List of compositions with the theme "B-A-C-H" |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
- Lahme, Christoph/Performer
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- Kretzschmar, Hermann/Editor
- Gouin, Pierre/Editor
- Straeten, Martin/Arranger
- Czerny, Carl/Arranger
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- Works reprinted by Edwin F. Kalmus
- Biebricher, Cristoph K./Arranger
- Gomez, Alberto Gomez/Arranger
- Witt, Ulrich/Arranger
- Notenschreiber/Arranger
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- Icking, Werner/Arranger
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