fourth fugue in The Art of Fugue
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The fourth fugue in The Art of Fugue is a contrapuntal keyboard piece by Johann Sebastian Bach that develops the work’s main subject with increasing complexity and expressive intensity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contrapuntal composition
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fugue ⓘ keyboard piece ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Contrapunctus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | main subject of The Art of Fugue ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bach keyboard repertoire ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalogue | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus | Bach contrapuntal studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueSection | simple fugues of The Art of Fugue ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
expressive intensity
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increasing contrapuntal complexity ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| composerStyle | late Bach contrapuntal style ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| cycle | series of fugues on a single subject ⓘ |
| develops | The Art of Fugue principal subject ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque fugue ⓘ |
| hasThematicMaterial | subject derived from D–A–F–D motif ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 18th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | German contrapuntal tradition ⓘ |
| intendedInstrument | keyboard ⓘ |
| key | D minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Latin ⓘ |
| musicalForm | fugue exposition and episodes ⓘ |
| notatedFor | open score (four staves) in some sources ⓘ |
| opus | BWV 1080 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Art of Fugue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
harpsichord
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organ ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| positionInCycle | fourth ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
fifth fugue in The Art of Fugue
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first fugue in The Art of Fugue ⓘ second fugue in The Art of Fugue ⓘ third fugue in The Art of Fugue ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterest | studied for contrapuntal technique ⓘ |
| style | contrapuntal ⓘ |
| subjectType | single principal theme ⓘ |
| texture | four-voice counterpoint ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | D minor ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | short to medium-length fugue ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
augmentation
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diminution ⓘ imitation ⓘ invertible counterpoint ⓘ stretto ⓘ |
| workNumberWithinCollection | 4 ⓘ |
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