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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Baroque Period
The Fugue

Web Resources

The Fugue

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/g_fugue.html

A brief annotated discussion of the fugue musical form from the Classical Music Pages. Links to key representative composers from the Baroque and other periods are also included.

Anatomy of a Fugue

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/fugueanatomy.html

A more technical yet concise definition of the fugue is presented at this site. Hyperlinks to related terms, along with notation examples with sound files for key concepts, are also provided.

The Fugue

http://musik.freepage.de/cpb7079/inhalt.html

A detailed eight-chapter presentation of compositional aspects of the fugue is provided here. The material is strictly annotated, with few examples, no sound files, and no illustrations.



1

Briefly describe the anatomy of a fugue.
2

Define the following terms: countersubject, episode, stretto, pedal point, inversion, retrograde, augmentation, diminution, prelude.
3

Provide examples of three fugues from three different composers.
4

Describe their similarities and differences, using the terms defined in question number 2.








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