Fugue Treatises, Analyses and Tools

http://www.kunstderfuge.com

An excellent site devoted to the art of the fugue. An extensive library of midi downloads supplement composer biographies.

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 and notation examples 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.

Questions

1			Briefly describe the anatomy of a fugue.
2			Define the following terms: countersubject, episode, stretto, pedal point, inversion, retrograde, augmentation, diminution, coda.
3			Provide examples of three fugues from three different composers
4			Describe their similarities and differences, using the terms defined in question number 2.