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Bach - Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858 - Analysis
Bach - Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858 - Analysis
#bach #analysis
The gently swaying, two-part movement of the 'Prelude in F-sharp major', BWV 858, makes it sound deceptively simple
After a short canonic opening, the right hand is restricted to a somewhat rambling melody in an endless festoon of notes grouped in threes, whereby the first of the three is often missing. The left hand remains alert and adds the missing note, so that the upper voice keeps up. With only an occasional melodic outpouring, the bass gently and swiftly steers the melody to a safe haven.
The fugue opens with a robust theme that is parried by a briskly bouncing second part. After crossing swords three times, the two voices find one another in cheerfully tumbling ricochets, with only very scant reference to the initial fugue theme.
Program notes by:
www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-858
Piano recording by Kimiko Ishizaka
www.welltemperedclavier.org/
A no copyright professional recording of Bach's WTC.
The main purpose of this video is to analyze the structure of the fugue, which includes its entries, the parts, the coda, etc.
Proper interpretation of the piece in terms of performance may be talked about in a different topic.
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Audio used in the beginning:
Prelude No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @talltale3298
    @talltale3298 Місяць тому

    Do you know why measures 36-38 aren’t considered an additional episode?

  • @Thejoseylife
    @Thejoseylife Місяць тому

    love this analysis - thanks!

  • @andrejgrafenauer5089
    @andrejgrafenauer5089 Місяць тому

    Arcas, not Tarrega. .

  • @ine6149
    @ine6149 Місяць тому

    great content, very helpful! Thanks

  • @pianoplaynight
    @pianoplaynight Місяць тому

    Another big favorite of mine! Thanks for sharing! Here's my rendition ua-cam.com/video/cm_BGPEhSzQ/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared

  • @beiliu115
    @beiliu115 Місяць тому

    marvelous

    • @beiliu115
      @beiliu115 Місяць тому

      I used midi files of each voice to help me understand this masterpiece😄

  • @kaynanLisboa
    @kaynanLisboa Місяць тому

    Between measure 23 and the begening of 24 don't you consider it as an episode? I thought that in fugue or you have subject/countersubject or you have an episode. I'm not daring you, I'm really asking because I am studying for an Analysis test. Thank you!

  • @긍정-r5l
    @긍정-r5l 2 місяці тому

    5:59

  • @weareone1575
    @weareone1575 2 місяці тому

    Very good analysis. I think it would be more engaging with more examples played after each description of a section!

  • @DJKLProductions
    @DJKLProductions 2 місяці тому

    In measure 47 and others, you missed the entry of the roughly 1.5-times augmentation of the subject. So, Bach used two augmentations of the subject.

  • @thenumberthree-3-3
    @thenumberthree-3-3 3 місяці тому

    Can you do the Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548?

  • @Bachhhhh
    @Bachhhhh 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for this great explanation! This video should deserve soo much more attention...but I think it is more important that you stand behind what you are doing. I think you mastered this in a great way. Just as Bach as a composer in his life. Thank you!

  • @alexkliever4659
    @alexkliever4659 5 місяців тому

    There is no audio

  • @Geopholus
    @Geopholus 6 місяців тому

    It would be (I think) more helpful to do this type of analysis by playing the examples being discussed as they are being discussed. Otherwise it ends up functionally more like a theory lecture from a course at Yale University.. I agree with the other commentor who suggests that a playback at 75% is closer to the note values given as well as the way it is usually played. Kimiko is uncharacteristically pressured sounding in this performance. I love Smalins upload of bwv 849 with a "chorus of space aliens". ua-cam.com/video/aLoMsi54-nI/v-deo.htmlsi=xKY6CedIPGoJqEyA. There is another analysis of this piece by Richard Atkinson which is quite lovely, ua-cam.com/video/lP-8C1UF1mE/v-deo.htmlsi=aAxv61YVs_sI-Yoi

  • @AL_MUHAYMINIM12
    @AL_MUHAYMINIM12 6 місяців тому

    BIZGA SHU FUGANI OʻZBEKCHA TARJIMASI KERAK EDI MUMKINMI YOZIB TUSHINTIRSEZ BIZ BUNI OʻZBEKCHAGA TARJIMA QILARDIK

  • @adamtullymusic
    @adamtullymusic 7 місяців тому

    Excellent

  • @qianxinwang9083
    @qianxinwang9083 7 місяців тому

    There is one point discussed at the end of Measure 19 to the start of Measure 21: This part should end at A Minor, instead of A Major

  • @DirkdeZwijger
    @DirkdeZwijger 7 місяців тому

    Quite a few of Bach's fugues are hard to follow, but once you can follow them, they are in a league of their own. Thank you a lot this analysis!

  • @andrescolomarcedeno9952
    @andrescolomarcedeno9952 7 місяців тому

    Thx bro❤

  • @fab.ulations
    @fab.ulations 7 місяців тому

    nothing in Bach is "coincidence"

  • @opnop123
    @opnop123 8 місяців тому

    Have you seen smalin's visualisation of the BWV 867? See the final stretto with all five voices coming together... ua-cam.com/video/k2d-s8U1tfM/v-deo.html

  • @scarf550
    @scarf550 8 місяців тому

    What a lovely Fugue, Good Analysis!

  • @franciscocarba
    @franciscocarba 8 місяців тому

    Thank you very much! This is the fugue I asked some time ago. I really like the theme. It makes me think of loneliness and cold, like being alone in the middle of the snow. I find it beautifull how at the end it finishes with major chord. Now with this analysis I can understand it better, in a more rational point of view. Thanks again for the hard work!

  • @Thejoseylife
    @Thejoseylife 8 місяців тому

    Love this analysis! Helps my playing tremendously.

  • @pianoplaynight
    @pianoplaynight 8 місяців тому

    I just posted this Prelude and Fugue, then I see the notification from your channel! Another awesome analysis, thank you! The theme from the Fugue has something very sinister about it, it makes me think of a ghost wandering in an empty hallway. P. S. I always thought the theme to be slightly longer, including (in the first appearance) the notes C, D-flat, E-flat and F. Don't you think this could be the case too? For most appearances of the theme, this upward moving melody is included.

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 8 місяців тому

      I heard your video and it was amazing! As per your question, it just made sense for the subject to end by the time the answer enters. Hence, I ended it after the 4th quarter note. I believe it's the case in most fugal works. That's a good overservation!

    • @deliciousmrcheese
      @deliciousmrcheese 8 місяців тому

      ​@@TheClassicalNetwork Is this to say the additional notes are "implied" or a theoretical continuation, perhaps, but not always included? It is a different way to look at it than when the subject becomes truncated, both perspectives being useful.

  • @SenicoOcines
    @SenicoOcines 8 місяців тому

    great video !!

  • @Michahel
    @Michahel 8 місяців тому

    Very enjoyable, thank you. I'll have to see if I remember any of it when I'm practicing the piece!

  • @mtv565
    @mtv565 8 місяців тому

    You didn't talk about the altered subjects? Those in G minor.

  • @aertos_xas
    @aertos_xas 8 місяців тому

    Great analysis! Could you explain what stretto is?

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 8 місяців тому

      Thank you for the support! I will surely do next time!

  • @emilioangeles7940
    @emilioangeles7940 8 місяців тому

    i really love classical music and i have just discover you; im exited great job

  • @harrilmullany2786
    @harrilmullany2786 9 місяців тому

    Bach invented many beautiful melodies (subjects) for his fugues - this ain’t one of ‘em. As always his supreme skill turns this straw into gold at times but parts of this piece are pretty abrasive and lack his usual flow of peaceful modulations.

    • @lauri4887
      @lauri4887 7 місяців тому

      Variety is the spice of life

    • @carsonwall2400
      @carsonwall2400 Місяць тому

      Maybe not every subject is intended to be mellifluous? Lol

  • @pianoplaynight
    @pianoplaynight 9 місяців тому

    Thank you, wonderful and concise analysis! Looking forward to the next one

  • @lubosschelepak7032
    @lubosschelepak7032 9 місяців тому

    It is no second countersubject, it is a second theme.

  • @antennastoheaven
    @antennastoheaven 9 місяців тому

    This hidden gem channel deserves much more views and subs. Thank you for analysis.

  • @Elishalevizecchillo
    @Elishalevizecchillo 9 місяців тому

    Hi, I have a question, why did you mark the main voice in two different colors at first in pink and after that when he enters the third bar again in purple?

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 8 місяців тому

      Hi, I did that to separate the entrances from a subject to an answer. Both are entrances anyway.

    • @Elishalevizecchillo
      @Elishalevizecchillo 8 місяців тому

      @@TheClassicalNetwork 👍🏻 thanks

  • @mikrokorg4403
    @mikrokorg4403 9 місяців тому

    Amazing work! Would you like to make a video on the Bb minor from book 1 aswell?

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 8 місяців тому

      Great suggestion! I plan to complete the whole set anyway. I'll bump it up the list!

    • @mikrokorg4403
      @mikrokorg4403 8 місяців тому

      @@TheClassicalNetwork thank you so much

  • @qianxinwang9083
    @qianxinwang9083 9 місяців тому

    There is one inversion subject from Measure 45 to Measure 48 in Soprano (Only 2 Beats After the inversion subject from Measure 44 to Measure 47) and this one is left out

  • @aniruddhvasishta8334
    @aniruddhvasishta8334 10 місяців тому

    Awesome analysis, but I wished you talked more about the harmonic modulations that Bach uses because they are quite insane.

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 8 місяців тому

      Thank you! I'm excited to do those too in my series called Functions and Modulations. I will try to incomportate more of them in my future Bach analyses too. Thank you again.

  • @sandeegrey5977
    @sandeegrey5977 10 місяців тому

    Yay! I'm happy again.

  • @franciscocarba
    @franciscocarba 10 місяців тому

    Thank you!

  • @felixmelendezvelasco4325
    @felixmelendezvelasco4325 10 місяців тому

    I'm studying that one rn

  • @GregHarradineComposer
    @GregHarradineComposer 11 місяців тому

    Fascinating and really useful analysis - thank you!

  • @abegaillingad7604
    @abegaillingad7604 11 місяців тому

    Very nice fugue! Thank you for the great analysis and clear explanation :)

  • @DressedForDrowning
    @DressedForDrowning 11 місяців тому

    4:16 - Let's listen to the fugue.

  • @isaiasramosgarcia9771
    @isaiasramosgarcia9771 11 місяців тому

    yo toke esta