Bach Contrapunctus I From the Art of the Fugue Bwv 1080 Double Reed Ensemble

This work bears the designation BWV 1080.

General Info

Year: 1740s / 2004
Original Medium: Clavier
Duration: c. 93:30
Difficulty: IV-VII depending on movement (see Ratings for caption)
Publisher: Amis Musical Circle
Cost: Complete Score and Parts - $840.00   |   Score Just - $63.00   |   Individual Movements (Score and Parts) - $lxx.00   |   Individual Movements (Score Only) - $12.00

Movements

1. Contrapunctus 1 - 4:00
2. Contrapunctus 2 - ii:45
3. Contrapunctus three - 3:xxx
4. Contrapunctus 4 - 4:fifteen
v. Contrapunctus 5 - iii:15
6. Contrapunctus half-dozen - four:00
vii. Contrapunctus 7 - two:50
viii. Contrapunctus viii - half-dozen:00
ix. Contrapunctus 9 - 3:00
10. Contrapunctus 10 - 4:fifteen
xi. Contrapunctus 11 - v:00
12. Contrapunctus 12 - seven:00
xiii. Contrapunctus 13 - five:thirty
fourteen. Contrapunctus 14 - ten:30
xv. Four Canons - 27:30 (18:45 without repeats)

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-Ii
B-apartment Soprano Clarinet I-Two-Three
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-2
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
East-apartment Baritone Saxophone
B-apartment Flugelhorn
B-flat Trumpet I-Ii
Horn in F I-II-3-4
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes (or Tubular Bells)
• Crash Cymbal
• Marimba
• Orchestra Bells (or Glockenspiel)
• Suspended Cymbals (medium and large)
• Tam-Tam
• Timpani
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Johann Sebastian Bach'southward The Art of Fugue was begun in the last decade of his life and represents the last dandy drove by the chief composer. In this piece of work, Bach explores various contrapuntal possibilities through the structure of several fugues and canons which show a level of sophistication and multifariousness that remains unparalleled to this twenty-four hour period.

By the fourth dimension of his decease in 1750, Bach had overseen much of the engraving of the work. However, his family still made some disquisitional errors in delivering the first publications early on in 1751. Today, almost scholars concord that The Art of Fugue is a harpsichord work consisting of xiv fugues and four canons all in the same primal (originally D pocket-size) and all utilizing the same motto theme.

Contrapunctus I through Iv are simple fugues. Contrapunctus V through Vii brand all-encompassing use of the technique known equally stretto along with melodic inversion, and are appropriately called stretto fugues or counterfugues. The next four fugues are double and triple fugues in invertible counterpoint. Following these are Contrapunctus XII and Xiii which are called mirror fugues. Each i of these fugues is actually a pair of fugues, the first being called "rectus" and the second "inversus." Each fugue in a pair is the perfect mirror image of the other, non only melodically but harmonically and contrapuntally as well. Contrapunctus XIV, a quadruple fugue, remained incomplete at the time of Bach's death. In the autograph manuscript, in that location is a note written by C.P.E. Bach stating, "Due north.B. While working on this fugue, where the proper noun B.A.C.H. appears in the countersubject, the composer died."

Whether Bach died before completing the work or the last section of music was somehow lost is not known for sure. Bach's family decided to include the chorale, Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, written in the final days of the composer's life, as sort of bounty for the incompleteness of the terminal fugue. Since the chorale has no place, technically or aesthetically, within The Art of Fugue, it is not included with this transcription. Alternatively, a plausible completion to Contrapunctus XIV has been provided here by Kenneth Amis.

Three of the canons show simulated at the intervals of an octave, 10th and 12th, while i of the canons displays remarkable ingenuity past presenting imitation in both contrary motion and augmentation. Bach's original rendering of this canon is almost completely different and possesses its own unique beauty. Although this older version is generally not considered to be a office of the final collection, information technology has been transcribed and included in this publication for employ at the music manager'due south discretion.

Past 1750, fugue writing had gone out of mode and The Art of Fugue did not receive the commercial success that his family had hoped. Nevertheless, The Art of Fugue took the idea of contrapuntal design to a new level and represents the piece of work of a seasoned composer at the acme of his creative and intellectual genius. Never before nor hence has there been such a fusion of beauty and logic in the exploration of the principles of counterpoint.

- Program Note past Kenneth Amis

Media

• Sound: Lynn University Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Amis, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• University of North Carolina Schoolhouse of the Arts (Winston-Salem) Wind Ensemble (Mark A. Norman, usher) - vii April 2022
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.) Air current Ensemble (Frederick Harris, Jr., conductor) – vi December 2019
• Brooklyn Air current Symphony (Jeff W. Ball, conductor) - 8 December 2013
• Lynn University Air current Ensemble (Kenneth Amis, conductor) - 16 January 2010

Works for Winds past This Composer

Adaptable Music

• The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
• Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
• Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Contrapunctus Fourteen (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
• French Suite No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (1722/)
• Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Make and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Band) (?/2020)
• Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Wachet Auf (Flex instrumentation) (arr. DeJonge) (1731/2020)

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• Adagio (arr. Warner)
• Air (arr. Hautvast)
• Air (arr. Klemke) (c. 1730/2006)
• Air (tr. Lang) (c. 1730/1958)
• Air for Woodwind Choir (arr. Blahnik)
• Arioso (arr. De Haan) (1729/2000)
• Arioso (arr. Hill) (1729/1984)
• Arioso (arr. Reed) (1729/1998)
• The Art of Fugue (tr. Amis) (c. 1745)
• Ave Maria
• Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) (arr. Lovrien) (1853/2004)
• Bach: Air (arr. McGinty) (c. 1730/)
• The Bach Buch (tr. Pann) (2011)
• Bach Chorale and March (arr. Wilson) (c. 1730/1990)
• Bach: Chorale and Variation (arr. McGinty) (1994)
• Bach Fugue (arr. Kinyon) (/1984)
• The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
• Bach'south Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Mitchell) (1921/2005)
• Berceuse (arr. Hautvast) (/1994)
• Bourrée (arr. Isaac) (1720/1969)
• Brandenburg Concerto No. iii (arr. Marlatt) (1721/2011)
• Canzona (orch. Stock)
• Chaconne (arr. Ito) (1720/1987)
• Chaconne and Festive Aria (arr. Daehn)
• Chaconne in D Minor (arr. Daehn)
• Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
• Chorale and Fugue (arr. Warner)
• Chorale and Fugue in F Major (arr. Daehn) (1988)
• Chorale Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (tr. Damrosch; adapt. O'Toole)
• Chorale in C Minor (arr. Topolewski) (2012)
• Christ He Is My Life (arr. Cailliet) (1973)
• Christmas Pastorale (arr. Hastings) (1970)
• Ciaccona (arr. Votta) (1720/2021)
• Come up, Blessed Peace (arr. Tolmage) (1736/1958)
• Come, Sweetness Death (arr. Reed) (1736/1976)
• Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Concerto IV (Alto Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto Iv (Alto Saxophone, Pianoforte and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto Four (Flute and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Flute, Pianoforte and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Immature) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto Four (Soprano Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Immature) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Soprano Saxophone, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto for Prince Johann (arr. Daehn) (c. 1713 / 2011)
• Contrapunctus I (arr. Barnes) (c. 1745/1988)
• Contrapunctus I (arr. Rex) (c. 1745/1960)
• Contrapunctus III (arr. King) (c. 1745/1955)
• Contrapunctus IX (arr. Clark) (c. 1745/2005)
• Contrapunctus V (arr. Daehn) (c. 1745)
• Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr. Reed) (1990)
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• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; arr. Nowlin) (1727?/2016)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C pocket-sized, BWV 537 (arr. Hunsberger) (1727?/1997)
• Fantasia and Fugue in Grand minor (arr. Horovitz) (c. 1838/1986)
• Fantasia and Fugue in G pocket-size, BWV 542 "The Great" (arr. Boyd) (c. 1838/1985)
• Fantasia in C (arr. Sterk) (1706/2017)
• Fantasia in Chiliad, BWV 572 (arr. Boyd) (1703-7/1957/1985)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Goldman) (1703-7/1957/2012)
• Fervent is My Longing; Fugue in G Minor (tr. Cailliet) (c. 1710/1935/2006)
• Forget Me Non, O Beloved Lord (arr. Reed) (c. 1736/1985)
• French Suite No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (1722/)
• Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Make) (1921/2008)
• Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
• Fugue à la Gigue (arr. Rondeau) (1921/2011)
• Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
• Fugue in B-apartment Major (arr. Daehn) (1722/1988)
• Fugue in E-flat Major (tr. Abrams and Jones) (1739/2019)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Kimura) (1703-1707/1993)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Rechtman) (1703-1707/)
• Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• God However Lives (arr. Reed)
• Hertzlich tut mich verlangen. Come across: Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Modest
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• If Thou Be Near (arr. Reed) (1725/1984)
• In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Reed) (1970)
• Jesu, Joy of Man'south Desiring (tr. Cailliet) (1723/1962)
• Jesu, Joy of Human'due south Desiring (tr. Leidzen) (1723/1936)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Moerenhout) (1723/2019)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Pekas) (1723/)
• Jesu, Joy of Man'south Desiring (arr. Reed) (1723/)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski) (1723/)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sparke) (1723/2004)
• Jig Fugue (arr. Marlatt) (2003)
• Komm, Susser Tod (arr. Leidzen) (1736/1936)
• A Little Bach Suite (arr. Gordon) (1966)
• Niggling Fugue (arr. Romm; adapt. Custer) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
• Little Fugue in Grand minor (arr. Howland) (c. 1705/1974/2015)
• Little Fugue in Grand Small, BWV 578 (arr. Parks)
• March (arr. Grainger) (1946)
• My Eye, Always Faithful (arr. Barnes) (1988)
• My Heart is Filled With Longing (arr. Reed) (c. 1710/1986)
• My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Reed)
• My Soul Longeth to Depart in Peace
• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. McAlister)
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (arr. Stert) (c. 1748/2013)
• O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (arr. Westover) (c. 1736/2017)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Our Father Who Art in Heaven (arr. Reed) (1710/1988)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C small-scale (tr. Hunsberger) (1703-1713?/ 1968/1975)
• Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Pocket-size (tr. Stowkowski; ed. Sosnowchik) (1703-1713?/2014)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C small-scale (tr. Falcone) (ca. 1712/1969)
• Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (arr. Daehn) (1714/2011)
• Präludium und Fuge d-Moll (tr. Rechtman) (1722/2003)
• Prelude Iv (arr. Reed) (1722/1983)
• Prelude and Fugue No. half dozen, BWV 535 (arr. Anthenien) (1722/1979)
• Prelude and Fugue in A-flat, BWV 557 (tr. Moehlmann) (1964)
• Prelude and Fugue in Bb major (Contumely Ensemble) (arr. Beyrent)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Brass Quintet) (arr. Beyrent)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 553 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1955)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 553 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (?/2020)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat small, BWV 559 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1969)
• Prelude and Fugue in C major (arr. Beyrent)
• Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 (arr. Steinmetz) (1710/2018)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 554 (arr. Beyrent) (1722/2001)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 555 (arr. Coleman) (1852/2017)
• Prelude and Fugue in D pocket-size, BWV 554 (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1988)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor (tr. Rechtman). See: Präludium und Fuge d-Moll
• Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 (setting Hunsberger) (c. 1739/2009)
• Prelude and Fugue in F major (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/?)
• Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 555 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1954)
• Prelude and Fugue in G small, BWV 535 (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1939)
• Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Godfrey) (1919)
• Prelude in E-flat, BWV 552 (arr. Tamura) (c. 1739/2001)
• "Ricercare a half dozen" from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (tr. McAlister)
• Saint Anne's Fugue (arr. Rhoads) (1965)
• Sarabande (arr. Kennaway) (1972/1977/1995)
• 2d Bach Suite for Band (tr. Tolmage) (1965)
• Sehet was die liebe tut (arr. Grainger) (1937)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Reed) (1713/1981)
• Sinfonia from "Cantata No 29" (arr. Ninmer)
• Sinfonia from "Cantate 156" (arr. Daniels) (1729/)
• 16 Chorales (ed. King) (1958)
• Sixteen Chorales (arr. Lake) (1938)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Patterson) (1731/1995)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Reed) (1731)
• Sleepers, Awake! (tr. Sparke) (1731/2002)
• Songs of Exaltation (arr. Gordon) (1974)
• St. Anne. See: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat
• 3 Fugues by J.South. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. xvi (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Thus Do Yous Fare, My Jesus (arr. Reed)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (arr. Rechtman) (c. 1717)
• Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564 (tr. Paynter) (c. 1717/2000)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
• Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
• Toccata & Fuge d-Moll (arr. Goldhammer) (1705/2011)
• Toccata and Fugue in D small-scale (arr. Goldhammer). Meet: Toccata & Fuge d-Moll
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Goto) (1705/2014)
• Toccata and Fugue in D modest (tr. Hindsley) (1705)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1705/1998)
• Toccata and Fugue in D modest (tr. Leidzen) (1705/1942)
• Toccata and Fugue in D small (arr. Lopez) (1705/2010)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Nowlin) (1705/2015)
• Violin Partita No. 3 in Due east major (arr. Kitakata) (1720/2018?)
• Wachet Auf (Flex instrumentation) (arr. DeJonge) (1731/2020)
• Wachet auf (arr. Marlatt) (1731/)
• Wachet auf, ruft uns dice Stimme (arr. Lauf Jr.) (1731/2019)
• Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (arr. Croft) (1978)
• Wir Glauben All' An Einen Gott (arr. Stokowski) (1739)

Resources

• Bach, J.; Amis, G. (2003-2004). The Art of Fugue [score]. Amis Musical Circle: Norwood, Mass.

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