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Author Dirst, Matthew, author.

Title Bach's Art of fugue and Musical offering / Matthew Dirst.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML410.B122 D57 B3    Available  ---
Description x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series ABS guides
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Contrapuntal pursuits -- Origins and audience -- From one, many -- Musical gaming -- Paying tribute -- Elusive ideals.
Summary "Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is the first comprehensive study of two closely related masterworks of the late Baroque fugal style. The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides produced in collaboration with Oxford University Press, it unpacks these famously cerebral collections as endlessly fascinating material for study and play. Intended for a general readership, this compact guide also summarizes for practitioners a considerable body of knowledge about these singular works. Bach scholar and keyboard player Matthew Dirst explains their idiosyncratic musical language in initial chapters while reviewing how both projects took shape during Bach's final decade, as he reoriented his creative energies around capstone works of various kinds. The most systematic of these, the Art of Fugue and Musical Offering reflect his lifelong fascination with learned counterpoint, as demonstrated in elaborate series of fugues and canons in both and in an unusually intricate trio sonata in the latter. Later chapters provide commentary on individual movements and groups of pieces and on the historical reception of this music, including its impact on other disciplines. Recurring themes include Bach's diligent exploration of contrapuntal types and techniques, his embrace of musical games of various sorts, and his creative assimilation of diverse musical styles"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Kunst der Fuge.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Musikalisches Opfer.
Fugue.
Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Kunst der Fuge (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Musikalisches Opfer (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Fugue
Music
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Online version: Dirst, Matthew. Bach's Art of fugue and Musical offering New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023 9780197536667 (DLC) 2023017610
ISBN 9780197536636 hardcover
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9780197536643 paperback
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