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The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6

17478 min

This guide follows Bach’s The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 (1747) in one part (fugue).

Recording: Asaf Kleinman (piano)

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a 6Fugue0:04–8:03

A single long fugue in C minor for six voices. In the each voice enters in turn with the royal , and the lowest voice comes in last, building towards a in the bass. The four Episodes carry no full of the ; Bach spins out from the countersubject instead. The at wider intervals, with three marked, the last to the 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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