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venjacques · 03-29-2012, 02:22 PM

Burning Down - very cool addition. Just to reiterate, because it can't be said enough - Bach IS the master of fugue.

I hadn't heard the one you posted before, but my favorite fugue hands down has to be BWV 578 - "little fugue" in G minor.

J.S. Bach - BWV 578 - Fuga g-moll / G minor - YouTube

Again, Bach's a master in polyphonic music.

I wanted to append your voices discussion. Just because you found a fugue with 5 voices, doesn't mean you're limited to that :P. You could probably have a 50 - voice fugue, where each voice of a symphonic orchestra has a part (even the percussionist on a marimba!) Granted, you'd have a lot of muddied sounds, what with all the plethora of musical voices, but it'd still work and be fugal, don't you think?

That being said, 3-5 are totally common. 2's a little thin, and anything heavier than 5 is probably too chaotic to function in a pleasant way.

But oh, the possibilities.

03-29-2012, 02:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
venjacques Groupie Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 48	Burning Down - very cool addition. Just to reiterate, because it can't be said enough - Bach IS the master of fugue. I hadn't heard the one you posted before, but my favorite fugue hands down has to be BWV 578 - "little fugue" in G minor. J.S. Bach - BWV 578 - Fuga g-moll / G minor - YouTube Again, Bach's a master in polyphonic music. I wanted to append your voices discussion. Just because you found a fugue with 5 voices, doesn't mean you're limited to that :P. You could probably have a 50 - voice fugue, where each voice of a symphonic orchestra has a part (even the percussionist on a marimba!) Granted, you'd have a lot of muddied sounds, what with all the plethora of musical voices, but it'd still work and be fugal, don't you think? That being said, 3-5 are totally common. 2's a little thin, and anything heavier than 5 is probably too chaotic to function in a pleasant way. But oh, the possibilities. __________________ It's just another day.