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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contrapuntal composition
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
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
organ
piano
period Baroque
positionInCycle fourth
relatedWork fifth fugue in The Art of Fugue
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
diminution
imitation
invertible counterpoint
stretto
workNumberWithinCollection 4

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Contrapunctus IV cyclePosition fourth fugue in The Art of Fugue