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TRO Composition
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2020
Exploring, analysing, and discussing the music I love, with an emphasis on compositional technique and craft.
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: th-cam.com/video/qO9aFCUegYk/w-d-xo.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: th-cam.com/video/pSbQpOtggGk/w-d-xo.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
My analysis of the first contrapunctus for reference: th-cam.com/video/qO9aFCUegYk/w-d-xo.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: th-cam.com/video/pSbQpOtggGk/w-d-xo.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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A tedious explanation.
10:18 made my brain explode, how do i know where i am harmonically:?
Use a pen and paper
Hi! It’s a good question because knowing where we are harmonically is fundamental to writing fugue. However, I don’t personally think fugue is an ideal context for learning harmony. Probably the best place to start for that is the Bach chorales because the harmony is laid out more or less in block chords, which makes it easier to follow. Once we can follow the harmony of a chorale, it becomes easier to see how the same harmonic structures underlie fugue.
Super, incredible, fantastic. I have never heard such a clear and complete explanation. Congratulations. Bravissimo !
Thanks a lot! Appreciate it 😊🙏
Can I ask what software you use to highlight the music? Thank you.
Hi! I use PowerPoint. So I take a screenshot of the music, copy and paste it into PowerPoint, and then use ‘shapes’ to add the coloured boxes. Then I capture my screen using Screenflow (currently) to make the video. There are other ways, I’m sure, but I hope that gives you enough info to start making your own 😊👍
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.
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 👍
Martha Argerich's performance is my favorite. th-cam.com/video/n04GkRTC_Lo/w-d-xo.html Do you have any thoughts on her intepretation?
Excellent video, I thoroughly enjoy how you can unravel the fuegal mysteries whilst not spoiling any of its magic. 10/10
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.
Many thanks for the kind words! 😊
Zimerman?
Do you have a way of contacting you? Do you give private lessons?
Hi, Rob. I don’t give private lessons, I’m afraid, sorry. Best wishes!
Something about shreding please!
Finally, I think I found my place in the Internet for musicians. Ty
👍🙂
Zimerman's performance of this piece is HORRIBLE. You could have used Arrau's.
I agree
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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.
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 :)
Great to hear! I’m not familiar with MacFarren. Will check it out 👍
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
Thanks! I’ve been busy with my own composition and the day job recently but definitely need to get back to this soon 👍
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!
Thanks! Yes, good point about the rhythmic references - easy to miss 👍
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? :)
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.
Thank you! I took notes and I'm going to sit down and try and create one on my one using these guidelines.
Fantastic! ☺️
@@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.
Fantastic video. I learned so much. Thank you.
You’re very welcome ☺️
A really great video packed with lots of practical information. Demystified a fascinating subject (no pun intended). But a “simple” fugue? I think not !
😂 Thanks!
May I know where the first topic stands?
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?
Thanks! This is Ashkenazy. Love Lugansky’s version as well though of course ☺️👍
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
What kind of piano are you using?
Hi! Gilels is playing a Steinway.
What kind of piano is this?
Hi! Zimerman plays a Steinway.
@@trocomposition4216what kind of piano is shown in starting of the video? I know it's Yamaha, but is it console or upright?
I understood fairly well at the start, then got lost in details. But I now know more about the fugue than I did before.
You have the best explanation to how to write a fugue without making it sounds difficult.
Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it 👍
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!
You’re very welcome!
“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.
Many thanks! ☺️
Lovely ❤❤❤
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.
Thanks, Felix! Good luck for the A-Level 💪👍
Your background has a slight flicker that triggers seizures, but the content is great
Amazing analysis - can not wait to have more videos like this. Thank you!
Thank you! ☺️
Big thanks for this channel! I've learned a lot as a beginner.
Great to hear! ☺️
Great!
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.
Thanks! Maybe a good subject for another video 👍
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.
Agreed! 😊
10:22 measure 4 “IV dorian” doesn’t have a major third (F#). I think you mean mixolydian.
Mix flat six?
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.
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
Likewise!
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.
Hi! I’m not currently teaching, I’m afraid, but I wish you the best with your New Formenlehre studies! 👏
Is it true that Liszt's Sonata was inspired by Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy ?
It is! There’s an analysis of Liszt’s B minor Sonata on my channel too, if you’re interested 👍
@trocomposition4216 I have already seen it, and I am always thankful to you for that !
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.
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words ☺️
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?
Yes! Time to get writing again! 👍
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 💯
Thank you! Really glad you found it useful.
I loved your explanation and examples of motivic integration and musical logic. Thank you for this terrific and insightful video. Subscribed.
Many thanks! ☺️
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.
Thanks! Noted for next time 👍
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.
That’s great to hear! Thanks ☺️