The Art of the Fugue Bwv 1080: Edited for Solo Keyboard by Carl Czerny (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486457314)

Uniquely complex in both form and structure, this work by J. S. Bach is regarded as a pinnacle of Western music. No composer possessed a greater understanding of the workings of counterpoint than Bach. In The Art of the Fugue, he summarizes counterpoint's entire known potential by using a very simple theme in the most complex possible ways.
This work proved to be Bach's last, and the composer left the nature of its instrumentation undocumented. Despite numerous popular interpretations -- including harpsichord, organ, string quartet, and orchestra -- speculation persists that Bach intended it purely as an elaborate intellectual exercise. C. P. E. Bach declared its primary value as that of a teaching aid and a guide to composition. This solo keyboard edition was edited by Carl Czerny, a student of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt, who wrote hundreds of piano tudes that remain staples of piano training today. Modern pianists will find Czerny's edition of this classic a source of unfailing variety and limitless imagination.

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
ISBN-10: 0486457311
ISBN-13: 9780486457314
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 02/04/2008
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 11.89h x 8.90w x 0.30d