Fugue in A minor (WTC 2 No. 20), BWV 889
This guide follows Bach’s Fugue in A minor (WTC 2 No. 20), BWV 889 (1741) in one part (fugue).
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A witty fugue in three voices. The is slow, a little stiff and angular, starting in quarter notes and speeding into eighths. Around it the other voice darts off in 32nd notes, zigzagging and twirling into trills, while the plods on at a fraction of the speed. After all three voices have entered, the music spreads across the whole keyboard, with a scale of trills covering more than two octaves. After the come the and the , with a dive into the bass before the abrupt end.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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