The art of fugue: Bach fugues for keyboard, 1715-1750

198 Pages·2005·2.16 MB·English

by  Joseph Kerman

The Art of Fugue

The Art of Fugue
bach fugues for keyboard, 1715–1750
Joseph Kerman
Includes a CD with New Recordings
by Davitt Moroney and Karen Rosenak
university of california press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2005 by The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kerman, Joseph, 1924–
The art of fugue : Bach fugues for keyboard, 1715–1750 / Joseph Kerman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Includes compact disc.
isbn0-520-24358-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Fugue. 2. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750. Keyboard music. I. Title.
mt59.k49 2005
786'.1872'092—dc22
2005004045
Recording engineer for the CD: Robert Schumaker. Tracks 1–2 and 7–8 were recorded
at International House, University of California, Berkeley, on February 8, 2004; track 3
at the same location on February 23, 2004; track 4 at Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea,
Berkeley, on April 28, 2004; and tracks 5–6 at Hertz Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, on January 24, 2004. Tracks 16 and 17 are from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV
1080,ed. Davitt Moroney (Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1989), reproduced by permission
ofG.Henle Verlag.
Manufactured in the United States of America
14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI / NISO
Z39.48–1992 (R 1997)(Permanence of Paper).
To
Ellen Rosand,
thirty-year friend

A song that is well and artificially made cannot be well per-
ceived nor understood at the first hearing, but the oftener you
shall hear it, the better cause of liking you will discover.
William Byrd
What I can offer has a meaning only for those who have heard,
and who keep on hearing. To such I may be able to give a sug-
gestion here and there for renewed hearing.
Søren Kierkegaard

Contents
Contents of the CD xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi
1 Fugue in C Major:The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 1 1
2 Fugue in C Minor: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 1 11
3 Fughetta in C Major, BWV 952 17
4 Fugue in C-sharp Minor: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 1 23
5 Contrapunctus 1:The Art of Fugue 33
6 Contrapunctus 10: The Art of Fugue 39
7 Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 51
8 Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major:
The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 1 65
9 Fugue in E Major: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 2 75
10 Fugue on “Jesus Christus unser Heiland”: Clavierübung,
book 3 85
11 Fugue in F-sharp Minor: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 1 95
12 Gigue: English Suite no. 3 in G Minor 103
13 Fugue in A-flat Major: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 1 109
14 Fugue in A Minor: Fantasy and Fugue in A Minor,
BWV 904 115
15 Fugue in B-flat Major: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 2 125
16 Fugue in B Major: The Well-Tempered Clavier,book 2 133