Classical Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
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Work: | Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904 |
Year Composed: | 1725 |
Instrumentation: | pf (hpd/org) |
Publisher: | Breitkopf & Härtel |
Duration: | 00:08:00 |
Period: | Baroque (1600-1750) |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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The Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904, has been dated to Bach's early years in Leipzig, although the two movements do not appear together until about 1800, and the date of composition has been disputed by some, as has the intended instrument for their performance. The Fantasia is relatively formal in structure, with no hint of the improvisatory element found in the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903. The fugal subject is announced in the top part, answered in the alto, with further entries in the tenor and the bass. A shorter, chromatically descending second subject is introduced in the bass, answered by the alto, followed by the top voice, the two subjects eventually brought together.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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