Description |
xxiii, 261 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm |
Note |
"An Ashgate Book"--Front cover. |
Contents |
The last decade -- On the conception of the Art of fugue -- Bach's illness and the changes in his handwriting -- The autograph -- The original edition -- The versions in Bach's music -- The first version of the Art of fugue -- The second version -- Toward the third version -- The third version -- The fourth version -- Settings, attitudes and circumstances -- Sequencing and titles in the original edition -- The history of the 1752 edition -- The title page as a 'letters and numbers game' and the question of authorship -- Contrapunctur 5 -- Myths about the canon in augmentation -- The autograph of the last fugue : an unfinished copy? -- 'Over this fugue...' -- Revelation (instead of an epilogue). |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Language |
English text; translated from the Russian. |
Subject |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Kunst der Fuge.
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Kunst der Fuge (Bach, Johann Sebastian) |
Added Author |
Ryt͡sareva, M. (Marina), translator.
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Sheinberg, Esti, 1954- editor.
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Added Title |
"Iskusstvo fugi" I.S. Bakha. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015068047
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ISBN |
9781472458865 hardback alkaline paper |
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1472458869 hardback alkaline paper |
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9781315606095 electronic book |
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