The Study of Fugue

by Alfred Mann

Overview

Classic study comprises two parts. The first is a comprehensive historical survey of writings on the fugue from the beginning of fugal teaching (c. 1350) to the present. Part Two explores in depth four 18th-century studies which are its classical presentations: Steps to Parnassus, J. J. Fux (1725), A Treatise on Fugue, F. W. Marpurg (1753–54), Fundamental and Practical Essay on Fugal Counterpoint, Padre Martini (1775), A Manual of the Fundamental Principles of Composition, J. A. Albrechtsberger (1790). Translations of texts, introductions and critical commentary, and many musical examples. Index. Bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486254395
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	08/01/1987
Series:	Dover Books on Music Series
Edition description:	Expanded, Reprint
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	809,384
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Alfred Mann was a musicologist, former conductor of the Cantata Singers, editor of a new full score of Handel's Messiah, and a contributor to The Musical Quarterly and other scholarly periodicals.