An extensive volume filled with fugues from the last 350 years! Beginning with works by Frescobaldi Scarlatti Giambattista and Handel this collection features several compositions by the fugue's most famous expositor Johann Sebastian Bach including many pieces from the Well-Tempered Clavier. Contributions from latter-day composers include works by Mozart Beethoven Mendelssohn Robert and Clara Schumann Brahms and Saint-Saëns.

By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) edited by Klaus Hofmann. Piano book for piano (solo duet - see contents). Urtext of the New Bach Edition. 156 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA5207) ISBN M006503674. With introductory text performance notes and manuscript facsimiles. Baroque. 9x12 inches. SMP Level 8 (Early Advanced)4 and 5-note chords spanning more than an octave. Intricate rhythms and melodies. (Learn more about SMP levels)Contents:Contrapunctus 1 BWV 1080/1Contrapunctus 2 BWV 1080/2Contrapunctus 3 BWV 1080/3Contrapunctus 4 BWV 1080/4Contrapunctus 5 BWV 1080/5Contrapunctus 6 BWV 1080/6Contrapunctus 7 BWV 1080/7Contrapunctus 8 BWV1080/8Contrapunctus 9 BWV 1080/9Contrapunctus 10 BWV 1080/10Contrapunctus 11 BWV 1080/11Contrapunctus 12 BWV 1080/12 2 forma inversa.Contrapunctus 12 BWV 1080/12 1 forma recta.Contrapunctus 13 BWV 1080/13 2 forma recta.Contrapunctus 1 BWV 1080/13 1 forma inversa.Canon BWV 1080/14Canon BWV 1080/15Canon BWV 1080/16Canon BWV 1080/17Fugue BWV 1080/18 2 forma recta - piano duet (extra part included).Fugue BWV 1080/18 1 forma inversa - piano duet (extra part included).Vierstimmige Spiegelfuge No. 12 piano duet (extra part included).Dreistimmige Spiegelfuge No. 19 piano duet (extra part included).Fugue BWV 1080/19Contrapunctus BWV 1080/10aChorale - Wenn Wir In Hochsten Noten Sein BWV 668aCanon In Hypodiatessaron BWV DeestFugue (Fragment)

24 Preludes and fugues. I always considered the fugue the most perfect and pure of all musical forms. The possibility to build an entire piece of music from only one main idea represented an intriguing challenge for composers from different times. With this work, which I consider as a whole, I wanted to pay homage to this old, and beloved, form. I tried to infuse it with my personal view, hoping to give a contemporary feeling, still respecting the traditional tonal sense of the keys. Each fugue is preceded by a prelude which is sometimes connected thematically. Following the greatest baroque model, Johann Sebastian Bach, I avoided giving metronome and dynamic indications for the fugues. However, for the preludes I provided tempo and a few dynamic indications, only when I felt it was necessary. Note on performance: if the preludes and fugues are performed individually, they should be under the title: Prelude and Fugue I; Prelude and Fugue II, etc. It is also possible to indicate the key of each piece.

Poul Ruders' Star Prelude And Love Fugue is a work for Piano solo dating from 1990. Programme note Star Prelude and Love Fugue is the fruit of “a wonderful stay in Tokyo in March 1988” (the composer’s words). The two pieces were composed in February 1990 and they are dedicated to Japanese pianist Aki Takahashi who gave the premiere performance at the Lerchenborg Musikdage on 3 August 1990. The prelude is a fantasia on the prelude of Act Two of Poul Ruders’ opera Tycho (1986) about Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (which should explain the title). The theme of the  Love Fugueistaken from the opening bars of another earlier Ruders’ work namely the a cappella motet Charitas Nunquam Excidit (which is Latin for “love never ceases”). The following fugue is purged of the genre’s traditional gravitas as is already signalled by the expression mark 'Swinging'. Its initial eleven bars quote the motet but there after everything is newly composed. Per Erland Rasmussen 2001

Half-leather binding-Facsimile of the autograph manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz.With a Commentary by Christoph Wolff and Martina Rebmann.Series: Documenta musicologica II/5090 pages of facsimile and 28 pages of Commentary (Eng/Ger).Half-leather binding.???The ???Well-Tempered Clavier??? is the Old Testament Beethoven's sonatas the New. We must believe in both.??? (Hans von B?low).The preludes and fugues of ???The Well-Tempered Clavier??? embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters the ???ne plus ultra??? of ???unity through diversity???. Here Bachnot only presented the sum total of keyboard artistry in his day but foresaw its future evolution. His treatment of the keys marked a turning point in music history.The autograph score originally a fair copy contains later revisions and alterations reflecting the composer at work.This new facsimile edition presents the manuscript in high-quality four-colour reproduction. Bach authority Christoph Wolff provides a Commentary to the work???s genesis and the characteristics of Bach???s handwriting.Martina Rebmann(Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) describes the subsequent history of the autograph.Barenreiter Facsimilie:The seal is used exclusively for facsimile editions published by B?renreiter which meet the highest demands in both scholarly and technical terms.The distinguishing features include:??? A facsimile in high-quality colour printing??? Scholarly commentary??? Attractive cover design

Theme Variations And Fugue is William Busch’s most well-known work for solo Piano admired by Gerald Finzi and Bernard van Dieren amongst others. Theme Variations AndFugue was first performed in March 1929.

Titres séparés : Douze Petits Préludes pour les commençants — Six Petits Préludes pour les commençants — Petite fugue à deux voix en ut mineur — Fugue à trois voix en ut majeur — Fugue à trois voix en ré mineur — Prélude et Petite Fugue en ré mineur — Prélude et Petite Fugue en mi mineur — Prélude et Fugue en la mineur

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now published by Schott Music for the first time. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz music which sound like highly skilled yet notated improvisation. Kapustin's monumental set of Preludes and Fugues Op.82 completed in 1997 may well be the most important work written for piano in the genre since Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87. In this sprawling collection Kapustin combines his complete mastery of jazzidioms with a thorough assimilation of contrapunctal techniques like canon imitation inversion and augmentation. Ingenuously each prelude and fugue pair share their motivic material.

Fantasies Preludes and Fugues-Contrairement aux grands recueils des partitas à ceux des suites françaises et anglaises les fantaisies de Bach et ses préludes et fugues hormis ceux du Clavier bien tempéré ne sont pas parvenus à la postérité sous forme de cycles. Peut-être est-ce parce que peu d?entre eux ont atteint une notoriété aussi importante. Seules la célèbre Fantaisie chromatique et fugue BWV 903/903a et la grande fantaisie en ut mineur BWV 919 ont trouvé une place permanente dans le répertoire de concert des pianistes. Certaines des ?uvres rassemblées dans ce volume sont des ?uvres de jeunesse d?excellente facture qui si elles ne présentent pas encore la maîtrise de Bach à sa maturité témoignent de la fraîcheur de sa force d?invention.

Book 1 Bwv 850-J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. Although he spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster he was familiar with many different Keyboard instruments. He utilised this knowledge when composing The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722) a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues in which he explored the harmonies accessiblefrom every key. Prelude And Fugue In D Major BWV 850 is No. 5 from Book One of the Clavier. It is written in a typical Baroque form including an extended coda. This popular edition from thehighly-regarded musicologist Orlando Morgan is designed with the performer in mind and is still seen as the best edition available for students today.

Book 2 Bwv 876-J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. Although he spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster he was familiar with many different keyboard instruments. He utilised this knowledge when composing his two volumes of The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722 and 1742) each a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues in which heexplored the different harmonies of every key. Prelude And Fugue In E Flat Major BMV 876 is No. 7 from Book Two of the Clavier. It is written in a typical Baroque form. This popular edition fromthe highly-regarded musicologist Orlando Morgan is designed with the performer in mind and is still seen as the best edition available for students today.

Telemann published these pieces in 1737 with the title Galanterie-Fugen und kleine Stücke fürs Clavier (Gallant-fugues and little pieces for the Clavier). Each fugue is followed by three or four brief dance movements in the same (or a related) key and they are intended to be played like a suite. This book also contains six little suites particularly suitable for teaching. This edition is based on a copy of the first edition in the Conservatoire Royale de Musique in Brussels and has been edited by Hugo Ruf.

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library - Pop Songs arranged in Classical Style-Lady Gaga Fugue and other Pop hits arranged in Classical style.In a YouTube moment that went viral Giovanni Dettori created a convincingly traditional Baroque fugue based on the opening strains of Lady Gaga's hit ?Bad Romance ? and Lady Gaga Fugue was born. Giovanni has now applied this concept to other pop favorites and set them for piano solo using traditionally classical forms and styles including Two-voice Invention Theme and Variation Sonatina Nocturne and more. Features 8 innovative arrangements: Don't Know Why • Hey Jude • Just the Way YouAre • Lady Gaga Fugue • and more!

30 pièces célèbres pour piano. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Ce recueil de 30 compositions originales et arrangements populaires pour piano présente une sélection d’œuvres de Jean-Sébastien Bach qui ravira tous les pianistes. Outre le 'Prélude en do majeur' du Clavier bien tempéré et d'autres pièces pédagogiques populaires, le volume contient également de nombreux arrangements, comme l''Air' de la Suite d'orchestre n° 3 ou la 'Toccata et Fugue en ré mineur'. Toutes les pièces ont un niveau de difficulté facile à moyen et ont été complétées par des doigtés et des suggestions de métronome. Le recueil dont l’image d’impression est moderne et facile à lire est recommandée non seulement à des fins d'enseignement, mais aussi à tous ceux qui aiment jouer du piano en tant que passe-temps. / Niveau : Moyen / Recueil / Piano