Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

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.

Using the websites provided above, answer the following 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.