Crab Canon from 'A Musical Offering' BWV1079 Published 1747 |
| File: | bachcrab.nwc (November 2000) 1 kB |
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| Full name of work: | Crab Canon from 'A Musical Offering' BWV1079 Published 1747 |
| Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), German |
| Music category: | canon baroque |
| Instruments: | piano |
| Name of file creator: | Jason Walker |
| e-mail address: | jason "dot" d "dot" walker "at" virgin "dot" net |
| Running time: | 0:36 |
| Comments: | A crab canon is one in which the second voice is the first voice backwards. It is also sometimes referred to as a 'canon cancrizans'. |