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How to Compose a Simple Fugue in the Style of J.S. Bach
A step by step guide to writing a fugue in the style of J.S. Bach, using Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue as a model.
My analysis of the first contrapunctus for reference: ua-cam.com/video/qO9aFCUegYk/v-deo.html
Intro: 00:00
The Exposition: 00:34
The Subject: 01:04
The Answer: 05:47
The Development: 14:01
The Recapitulation: 24:48
Coda: 27:45
The Complete Fugue: 29:30
BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER READING AND WATCHING:
Bach, J.S. Handwritten score: ks.petruccimusiclibrary.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2f/IMSLP107570-PMLP05843-Bach,_JS,_Die_Kunst_der_Fugue,_BWV_1080,_Autograph.pdf
Graeser, W. (1926) The Art of the Fugue. Bach Gesellschaft Augabe. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel: ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/1/1d/IMSLP469177-PMLP5843-Bach,_J.S._-_The_Art_of_the_Fugue.pdf
Ijzerman, J. (2018) Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento: A New Method Inspired by Old Masters Oxford: OUP
Kimiko Ishizaka's website, with headshots, recordings and other information: kimiko-piano.com/home
OpenGoldberg - Wonderful channel that has public domain performances by Kimiko Ishizaka and the Stephen Malinowski animations: ua-cam.com/video/pSbQpOtggGk/v-deo.html
Photo of Ebenezer Prout: By James Russell (1809 - 1899) and Sons - Photograph printed in and scanned from article in The Musical Times April 1899, pp. 225-230, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42979237
Prout, E. (1892) Fugal Analysis: A Companion to Fugue; Being a Collection of Fugues of Various Styles Put into Score and Analyzed. London: Augener
Prout, E. (1891) Fugue. London: Augener
Tovey, D.F. (compiled 2013 from original 1931 OUP publications) Bach's The Art of Fugue & A Companion to The Art of Fugue. New York: Dover Publications
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Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy - Analysis
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A motivic, harmonic, and formal analysis of Schubert's glorious Fantasy in C Major, the 'Wanderer' Fantasy. Performance of the 'Wanderer' Fantasy by Seong-jin Cho (Finland, 11th October 2019) from: ua-cam.com/video/JpT1I_XMjfc/v-deo.html Performance of the song, Der Wanderer, by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore from: ua-cam.com/video/BR8_n-B8qu0/v-deo.html This is a fair use commentary...
Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 2 (Analysis)
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TRO analyses the second fugue in J.S.Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge, looking at form, harmony, and contrapuntal technique. With special thanks to Kimiko Ishizaka for making her incredible recordings public domain. For more on her work, including original compositions, please check out her website here: kimiko-piano.com/home BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER READING AND WATCHING: Anson-cartwright, M. (2008) Elisi...
Annotated Score - Mozart Piano Sonata in A Minor K.310
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Follow-along analytical score of Mozart's Piano Sonata, K.310, with annotations focusing primarily on form and structure. Performed by: Emil Gilels. Date unknown. Audio from: ua-cam.com/video/B7KV6ykHeyI/v-deo.html This is a fair use commentary for educational purposes. BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER WATCHING AND READING: Ijzjerman, J. (2018) Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento: A New Method Inspired by Ol...
Analysis: Rachmaninoff Moments Musicaux, Op.16, No.3
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TRO analyses the third of Rachmaninoff's Moments Musicaux. This is a fair use commentary for educational purposes. BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER WATCHING AND READING: Vladimir Ashkenazy's recording of the third Moment Musical used in this video: ua-cam.com/video/X5XwM2k35yk/v-deo.html Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, played by Vladimir Ashkenazy with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by A...
How to Compose Like Bach in 6 Steps (Gavotte Edition)
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Pastiche is a great way to learn from the musical greats. In this video, we explore J.S.Bach's compositional technique by creating a pastiche modelled on Gavotte I from his French Overture, BWV 831. BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER WATCHING & READING: András Schiff at the Leipzig Bachfest (the version used in this video): ua-cam.com/video/hFD-weffFpo/v-deo.html András Schiff commercial recording of BWV 831...
Learning the art of fugue with J.S.Bach's The Art of Fugue: Analysis of Contrapunctus I
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TRO analyses the first fugue in J.S.Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge, looking at the construction of the subject and answer, form, and the use of motives. BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER READING AND WATCHING: Bach, J.S. Handwritten score: ks.petruccimusiclibrary.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2f/IMSLP107570-PMLP05843-Bach,_JS,_Die_Kunst_der_Fugue,_BWV_1080,_Autograph.pdf Bach, C.P.E. 1752 edition: conquest.imslp.info...
Liszt - B Minor Sonata: Analysis
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TRO gives an analytical overview of Liszt's B minor piano sonata with an emphasis on motivic construction. Zimerman's recording: www.amazon.com/Liszt-Sonata-lugubre-gondola-Funérailles/dp/B000001GF5 This is a fair use commentary for educational purposes. BIBLIOGRAPHY/FURTHER WATCHING AND READING: Ashish Xiangyi Kumar - A great channel that has a performance by Alexei Grynyuk with excellent anal...

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  • @AlexSmith-r6e
    @AlexSmith-r6e 14 днів тому

    May I asked how have you been? I’ve loved this deep dive analysis of pieces(even the ones where you didn’t speak, the Mozart Sonata, was amazingly insightful), and would love more.

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 11 днів тому

      Thanks for the kind words! The day job and my own composing have been keeping me busy but I’m hoping to get back to the channel soon 👍

  • @morebaconandeggs
    @morebaconandeggs 24 дні тому

    Martha Argerich's performance is my favorite. ua-cam.com/video/n04GkRTC_Lo/v-deo.html Do you have any thoughts on her intepretation?

  • @RinzePrins
    @RinzePrins 28 днів тому

    Excellent video, I thoroughly enjoy how you can unravel the fuegal mysteries whilst not spoiling any of its magic. 10/10

  • @RinzePrins
    @RinzePrins 28 днів тому

    fantastic analysis, you have ' transcended' the sometimes dry analysis to compositional insights. As a viewer I could feel that you are a composer. If you ever were to get round to it, more content like this would be very welcome.

  • @abcvideo887
    @abcvideo887 Місяць тому

    Zimerman?

  • @robflores5172
    @robflores5172 Місяць тому

    Do you have a way of contacting you? Do you give private lessons?

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 Місяць тому

      Hi, Rob. I don’t give private lessons, I’m afraid, sorry. Best wishes!

  • @MarRecusable
    @MarRecusable Місяць тому

    Something about shreding please!

  • @MarRecusable
    @MarRecusable Місяць тому

    Finally, I think I found my place in the Internet for musicians. Ty

  • @HumbleNewMusic
    @HumbleNewMusic Місяць тому

    👍🙂

  • @lucasgust7720
    @lucasgust7720 Місяць тому

    Zimerman's performance of this piece is HORRIBLE. You could have used Arrau's.

  • @juwonnnnn
    @juwonnnnn Місяць тому

    👏

  • @rasputin1917
    @rasputin1917 Місяць тому

    12:11 In Bar 8 soprano and alto do not merge into one voice. The soprano clearly stays in the tied E from the previous bar and the alto enters with an A minim at bar 8. No merging.

  • @mobtek
    @mobtek 2 місяці тому

    This is great! I've been reading through MacFarren's 1886 Counterpoint (I just like the way he goes through it but definitely going to look at Prout now!). This allowed me to start working on a simple Fugue and this gave me an easy in, very accessible, many thanks :)

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 2 місяці тому

      Great to hear! I’m not familiar with MacFarren. Will check it out 👍

  • @raycasbierd
    @raycasbierd 2 місяці тому

    When ever I get lost in a tangent of miss information I come back to this video it's brilliant, I love how bach utilises the accents on 1 & 3 of his concomitent parts by using smaller lead in notes to emphasise the strong beat or creates space at these points for another voice to do it. It's Magical and Marvellous work can we expect any more videos please? Ray

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 2 місяці тому

      Thanks! I’ve been busy with my own composition and the day job recently but definitely need to get back to this soon 👍

  • @maiaka_
    @maiaka_ 3 місяці тому

    It might just be me looking for it but I feel like the Coriolan motif is everywhere. Like so many places! Just small fragments or hints of it harmonically, some times spread out across octaves, other times rhythmically referred. Amazing video! Thank you so much for making it! This piece is truly a masterpiece of great dimensions!

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 3 місяці тому

      Thanks! Yes, good point about the rhythmic references - easy to miss 👍

  • @jonorgames6596
    @jonorgames6596 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for the video! I am probably alone, but sense the ending chord should be something else, like it ought to end on G major? :)

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 3 місяці тому

      You’re welcome! And you’re not alone 👍 It’s often the case with Tierce de picardie (for me at least), although in this example and in Bach’s original I personally hear more of G minor because of the B flats and the prior hints of G minor noted in the video.

  • @adamtullymusic
    @adamtullymusic 3 місяці тому

    Thank you! I took notes and I'm going to sit down and try and create one on my one using these guidelines.

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 3 місяці тому

      Fantastic! ☺️

    • @adamtullymusic
      @adamtullymusic 3 місяці тому

      @@trocomposition4216 I finished! I did a lot of copying of schema and modeling after your and Bach's material, and I annotated the whole thing to remember what I did. This is by far my best result so far. Thank you for this excellent video.

  • @canadiangal2648
    @canadiangal2648 3 місяці тому

    Fantastic video. I learned so much. Thank you.

  • @paulwl3159
    @paulwl3159 4 місяці тому

    A really great video packed with lots of practical information. Demystified a fascinating subject (no pun intended). But a “simple” fugue? I think not !

  • @ديناسامي-ح4ح
    @ديناسامي-ح4ح 4 місяці тому

    May I know where the first topic stands?

  • @per174
    @per174 4 місяці тому

    Fantastic interpretation, thanks a lot! This harmonic Bm never lets go! :) There are very good versions by Lugansky (my favorite), Ashkenazy and Pisarenko on youtube. Who are you using here?

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 4 місяці тому

      Thanks! This is Ashkenazy. Love Lugansky’s version as well though of course ☺️👍

  • @pwmoree
    @pwmoree 5 місяців тому

    The Liszt sonata is already some 60 years my favourite piano piece. But after this "explanation" I finally get why I cannot play it. Far too difficult. My favourite interpretation is the version recorded by George Bolet

  • @ravelesque34
    @ravelesque34 5 місяців тому

    What kind of piano are you using?

  • @ravelesque34
    @ravelesque34 5 місяців тому

    What kind of piano is this?

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 5 місяців тому

      Hi! Zimerman plays a Steinway.

    • @ravelesque34
      @ravelesque34 5 місяців тому

      ​@@trocomposition4216what kind of piano is shown in starting of the video? I know it's Yamaha, but is it console or upright?

  • @dannuttle9005
    @dannuttle9005 5 місяців тому

    I understood fairly well at the start, then got lost in details. But I now know more about the fugue than I did before.

  • @waiminkhant6022
    @waiminkhant6022 5 місяців тому

    You have the best explanation to how to write a fugue without making it sounds difficult.

  • @InsaneCarville
    @InsaneCarville 5 місяців тому

    Countless arrangements I've been listening to for a few months and couldn't put my finger on why I loved it so much... until NOW. Thank you so much for doing this!

  • @ban9nas177
    @ban9nas177 5 місяців тому

    “Technique only has value when it serves an end that transcends the means” How beautifully said! Thank you for this wonderful video dear sir. This piece lives in a deep place within my heart.

  • @athishayjain.m.k9257
    @athishayjain.m.k9257 6 місяців тому

    Lovely ❤❤❤

  • @felixelliott8564
    @felixelliott8564 6 місяців тому

    The way you talk about music is amazing! I love how your not just focusing on the harmonic and melodic features etc (though incredibly detailed and useful) but also the effects it has which is fascinating. Most valuable music analysis out there thank you. Currently watching all your analysis' to get inspiration for my A level composition.

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 6 місяців тому

      Thanks, Felix! Good luck for the A-Level 💪👍

  • @hz3701
    @hz3701 6 місяців тому

    Your background has a slight flicker that triggers seizures, but the content is great

  • @dn393939
    @dn393939 6 місяців тому

    Amazing analysis - can not wait to have more videos like this. Thank you!

  • @churnyeechong2427
    @churnyeechong2427 6 місяців тому

    Big thanks for this channel! I've learned a lot as a beginner.

  • @passionyu1309
    @passionyu1309 6 місяців тому

    Great!

  • @churnyeechong2427
    @churnyeechong2427 6 місяців тому

    Useful video. But would be more helpful if you teach us HOW to construct countersubjects, episodes and transitions after the subject; WHY and HOW they need to be written in certain ways or intervals to conserve the harmonies of all the voices.

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 6 місяців тому

      Thanks! Maybe a good subject for another video 👍

  • @treesny
    @treesny 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for a wonderfully clear and illuminating analysis! And also for avoiding any programmatic interpretation -- my feeling is that had Liszt intended to limit the scope of the piece to a particular scenario, he would have said something about it to someone else at some point. I feel you are quite correct to hear the Sonate as a process between Light and Darkness, the two polar opposites of the composer's makeup... many of Liszt's works explore this terrain in one way or another, though never in such a concise and densely packed form.

  • @jamesmitchell6925
    @jamesmitchell6925 7 місяців тому

    10:22 measure 4 “IV dorian” doesn’t have a major third (F#). I think you mean mixolydian.

    • @jamesmitchell6925
      @jamesmitchell6925 7 місяців тому

      Mix flat six?

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 7 місяців тому

      Hi James. Thanks for watching! Remember the Answer is schematised in A minor here, so the F# is the 6th in A Dorian and chord IV is Major (derived from A Dorian) rather than the more common minor iv (derived from harmonic minor). There are plenty of other ways of schematising it, but this section of the video was focusing on the contrast in key between Subject and Answer, so this analysis focuses on that element.

  • @lightmineraider3697
    @lightmineraider3697 7 місяців тому

    This piece has been close to my heart for some time and I really enjoyed your brilliant analysis, thank you so much! I am amazed by Schubert's genius again and again

  • @Sriram57575
    @Sriram57575 7 місяців тому

    Sir, I am a student particularly interested in the New Formenlehre. I would like to know if you teach music theory & composition for students like me, sir.

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 7 місяців тому

      Hi! I’m not currently teaching, I’m afraid, but I wish you the best with your New Formenlehre studies! 👏

  • @Sriram57575
    @Sriram57575 7 місяців тому

    Is it true that Liszt's Sonata was inspired by Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy ?

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 7 місяців тому

      It is! There’s an analysis of Liszt’s B minor Sonata on my channel too, if you’re interested 👍

    • @Sriram57575
      @Sriram57575 7 місяців тому

      @trocomposition4216 I have already seen it, and I am always thankful to you for that !

  • @legron121
    @legron121 7 місяців тому

    I really appreciate you making this very insightful analysis! I like your interpretation of the ending as the forces of darkness (deprived of their strength and threat) leaving the stage one by one.

  • @tuanpiccusgaming3555
    @tuanpiccusgaming3555 7 місяців тому

    If someone played this, I would have thought Bach had written it. It is very well written. Ever since I was a teenager, I have loved the form of fugue in music and even attempted to compose a couple of fugues (terrible ones) myself. This video explains a lot about how they are stuck together. Should I pick up my pencil again?

  • @Sriram57575
    @Sriram57575 7 місяців тому

    I actually have to thank you a lot for posting this. A detailed analysis of the sonata is really difficult to be done. I really appreciate your effort; not many people have such knowledge 💯

  • @shanehagan
    @shanehagan 8 місяців тому

    I loved your explanation and examples of motivic integration and musical logic. Thank you for this terrific and insightful video. Subscribed.

  • @nathaniellevy7956
    @nathaniellevy7956 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the terrific analysis of this piece. Incredibly thorough and very useful. If I may make one suggestion, please feel free to play the sections you're discussing more often, even twice. It's always helpful to the brain to put the words right next to the phrases you're discussing.

  • @kengwi
    @kengwi 8 місяців тому

    I love music and can sort of play the piano but I'm not a scholar and this is just perfect in being accessible yet also providing information that makes more sense to someone who has studied music. I have listened to this piece a lot lately and spotted motifs and some order but your interpretation is marvelously clarifying.

  • @pedrod.7576
    @pedrod.7576 8 місяців тому

    What a well thought out video. Thanks for sharing!

  • @aeroslothy
    @aeroslothy 8 місяців тому

    Subscribed! Would you please cover an analysis on Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto? Thanks!

  • @aeroslothy
    @aeroslothy 8 місяців тому

    Brilliant explanation and contribution to Liszt's masterpiece!

  • @pabloziffer
    @pabloziffer 8 місяців тому

    link to video of analysis 1 is not working what happened? thanks

    • @trocomposition4216
      @trocomposition4216 8 місяців тому

      Hi! I’ve made the analysis of Contrapunctus I private as I want to make a couple of edits, but as I haven’t had time yet I’ll make it public again for a while 👍