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The Study of Fugue

by Alfred Mann

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A historical guide to how fugue has been taught and theorized

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A historical guide to how fugue has been taught and theorized

Alfred Mann’s revised study approaches fugue through the history of its instruction and analysis. The opening section surveys writings on the form from early fugal teaching around 1350 onward, tracing a long pedagogical tradition rather than concentrating on a single composer or repertoire. A second, more focused section examines four eighteenth-century treatises by Fux, Marpurg, Martini, and Albrechtsberger. Translated source material, introductory context, critical commentary, musical examples, a bibliography, and an index make the volume useful both as a historical account and as a reference for studying fugal counterpoint.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students of counterpoint and fugue
  • Musicians interested in eighteenth-century composition treatises
  • Music-history researchers using translated primary sources

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FugueCounterpointMusic pedagogyEighteenth-century music theoryHistorical music scholarship

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Book overview

Classic study comprises two parts. The first is a comprehensive historical survey of writings on the fugue from the beginning of fugal teaching (c. 1350) to the present. Part Two explores in depth four 18th-century studies which are its classical presentations: Steps to Parnassus, J. J. Fux (1725), A Treatise on Fugue, F. W. Marpurg (1753-54), Fundamental and Practical Essay on Fugal Counterpoint, Padre Martini (1775), A Manual of the Fundamental Principles of Composition, J. A. Albrechtsberger (1790). Translations of texts, introductions and critical commentary, and many musical examples. Index. Bibliography.
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