Brass Quintet - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2683
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Arranged
by Ralph Sauer. Baroque.
Score and parts.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2683).
J. S. Bach's
massive work, The Art of
Fugue, is a summation of
his powers as a composer
of contrapuntal music.
Each fugue is a
masterpiece in its own
right.
Number
15 is an unfinished
four-voice, quadruple
fugue. Only the first
three subjects are
introduced, the third
being a chromatic subject
built from the letters of
Bach's
nameâ€â€B
(B-flat), A, C, H
(B-natural). Just at the
point where all three
subjects are combined,
the manuscript breaks
off, and C. P. E. Bach
wrote in the score that
the composer has died.
Bach clearly intended
that the original Art of
Fugue theme was to be the
final subject and all
four themes would combine
in a glorious climax.
Whether he intended to
finish the work or leave
it up to others to
complete is conjecture.
About 8 minutes in
length.
