The Art of Fugue

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Geoffrey Douglas Madge

The Art of Fugue is a collection of contrapuntal works by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. The composition systematically explores fugal forms and contrapuntal devices in an abstract instrumental format and serves as a late-career summation of Bach's contrapuntal technique, frequently studied within Western music theory and composition.

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  1. 1.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1
    3:33
  2. 2.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 2
    2:48
  3. 3.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 3
    2:37
  4. 4.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 4
    4:35
  5. 5.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 5
    3:13
  6. 6.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 6 in stylo francese
    5:40
  7. 7.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 7 per augmentationem et diminutionem
    4:18
  8. 8.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 8
    6:06
  9. 9.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 9 alla duodecima
    2:58
  10. 10.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 10 alla decima
    6:27
  11. 11.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 11
    7:00
  12. 12.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 12 rectus
    3:05
  13. 13.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 12 inversus
    2:59
  14. 14.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 13 rectus
    2:27
  15. 15.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 13 inversus
    2:33
  16. 16.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 14
    10:31

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