Contrapunctus IX

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fugue movement

Contrapunctus IX is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s intricate fugues from *The Art of Fugue*, notable for its lively, virtuosic counterpoint and rigorous contrapuntal design.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Contrapunctus IX canonical 2
Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus IX 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fugue ⓘ
movement ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod late 1740s ⓘ
basedOn The Art of Fugue principal subject ⓘ
belongsToCollection BWV 1080 ⓘ
catalogueNumber BWV 1080/9 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
compositionalForm fugue with two subjects ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
createdBy Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
cycle The Art of Fugue ⓘ
difficulty virtuosic for performers ⓘ
genre Baroque fugue ⓘ
contrapuntal keyboard work ⓘ
hasVoices 4 voices ⓘ
isSectionOf complete cycle of The Art of Fugue ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
movementTypeWithinCycle Contrapunctus ⓘ
surface form: contrapunctus (fugue)
musicalCharacter brilliant and energetic ⓘ
notableFor lively virtuosic counterpoint ⓘ
rigorous contrapuntal design ⓘ
originalTitle Contrapunctus IX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus IX
partOf The Art of Fugue ⓘ
performancePractice frequently arranged for chamber ensembles ⓘ
often performed on modern piano ⓘ
often performed on organ ⓘ
placeAssociatedWithComposition Leipzig ⓘ
relatedWork Contrapunctus I ⓘ
Contrapunctus IV ⓘ
Contrapunctus XIV ⓘ
stylePeriod Baroque ⓘ
subjectType contrapuntal variation of main Art of Fugue theme ⓘ
texture polyphonic ⓘ
titleMeaning Ninth counterpoint ⓘ
tonalCenter D minor ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation harpsichord ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
organ ⓘ
string quartet (arrangement) ⓘ
usesTechnique augmentation ⓘ
diminution ⓘ
double fugue ⓘ
invertible counterpoint ⓘ
sequential writing ⓘ
stretto ⓘ
workNumberWithinCycle 9 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Art of Fugue → movement → Contrapunctus IX ⓘ
Contrapunctus VII → relatedWork → Contrapunctus IX ⓘ
Contrapunctus IX → originalTitle → Contrapunctus IX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus IX