Bach - Contrapunctus XV from The Art of Fugue for Brass Quintet

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Bach - Contrapunctus XV from The Art of Fugue for Brass QuintetJ. S. Bachs 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. Contrapunctus XV 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 Bachs nameB (B flat), A, C, H (B natural). Just at the point where all three subjects are combined, the manuscript breaks off,

Emeritus Professor of Music from the University of Arizona

plus the final Chorale

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This transcription is very tastefully done with detailed editing of phrasing and dynamics

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