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Bach - Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 - Analysis
Bach - Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 - Analysis
#bach #analysis
The preludes and fugues in the Wohltemperirte Clavier are often opposite in character. The prelude is cautious and the fugue energetic. This piece, however, is the other way round. The melancholy atmosphere is already firmly established in the very first notes, and it remains throughout. It really seems as if the prelude is going nowhere. Although the practically unbroken series of semiquavers suggests a flowing movement, the static bass notes keep the brakes on, and even the trills hang like a millstone around the melody’s neck. All attempts at brightening up are nipped in the bud. The fugue, too, tries bravely to struggle free of this oppressive atmosphere, but to no avail. Even though nearly all twelve tones of the scale are called on, sometimes to the point of desperation, none of the diversions are enough to really let the sun break through. Here, Bach has created deep sorrow from which there is no escape.
Notes from www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-857
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. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
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  • @kaynanLisboa
    @kaynanLisboa 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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!

  • @수인-m6s
    @수인-m6s 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5:59

  • @weareone1575
    @weareone1575 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @DJKLProductions
    @DJKLProductions หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Bachhhhh
    @Bachhhhh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is no audio

  • @Geopholus
    @Geopholus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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". th-cam.com/video/aLoMsi54-nI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xKY6CedIPGoJqEyA. There is another analysis of this piece by Richard Atkinson which is quite lovely, th-cam.com/video/lP-8C1UF1mE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aAxv61YVs_sI-Yoi

  • @AL_MUHAYMINIM12
    @AL_MUHAYMINIM12 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @adamtullymusic
    @adamtullymusic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent

  • @qianxinwang9083
    @qianxinwang9083 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thx bro❤

  • @fab.ulations
    @fab.ulations 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nothing in Bach is "coincidence"

  • @opnop123
    @opnop123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @scarf550
    @scarf550 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a lovely Fugue, Good Analysis!

  • @franciscocarba
    @franciscocarba 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this analysis! Helps my playing tremendously.

  • @pianoplaynight
    @pianoplaynight 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great video !!

  • @Michahel
    @Michahel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @mtv565
    @mtv565 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @aertos_xas
    @aertos_xas 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great analysis! Could you explain what stretto is?

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @emilioangeles7940
    @emilioangeles7940 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much appreciated! Thank you for the support!

  • @harrilmullany2786
    @harrilmullany2786 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Variety is the spice of life

  • @pianoplaynight
    @pianoplaynight 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lubosschelepak7032
    @lubosschelepak7032 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @antennastoheaven
    @antennastoheaven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much appreciated! Thank you or the support too.

  • @Elishalevizecchillo
    @Elishalevizecchillo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @Elishalevizecchillo
      @Elishalevizecchillo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheClassicalNetwork 👍🏻 thanks

  • @mikrokorg4403
    @mikrokorg4403 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @mikrokorg4403
      @mikrokorg4403 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheClassicalNetwork thank you so much

  • @qianxinwang9083
    @qianxinwang9083 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yay! I'm happy again.

  • @franciscocarba
    @franciscocarba 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!

  • @felixmelendezvelasco4325
    @felixmelendezvelasco4325 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm studying that one rn

  • @GregHarradineComposer
    @GregHarradineComposer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating and really useful analysis - thank you!

    • @TheClassicalNetwork
      @TheClassicalNetwork 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome. Thank you for checking it out!

  • @abegaillingad7604
    @abegaillingad7604 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @DressedForDrowning
    @DressedForDrowning 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @isaiasramosgarcia9771
    @isaiasramosgarcia9771 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yo toke esta

  • @isaiasramosgarcia9771
    @isaiasramosgarcia9771 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    esta es muy facil y muy simple

  • @llllloolllll
    @llllloolllll 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, thank you for sharing.

  • @elliotdavies3555
    @elliotdavies3555 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your analysis and the excellent performance by Kimiko Ishizaka

  • @gordonjang8461
    @gordonjang8461 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recorded this piece on my channel (I learned it for an exam). This video was really eye opening.

  • @AndreaBoschi-hc2qp
    @AndreaBoschi-hc2qp ปีที่แล้ว

    will you give us also beethovem 4?

  • @abegaillingad7604
    @abegaillingad7604 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great analysis!