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Art of Fugue, Bwv.1080: Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stile francese

File:zbach1080-06.nwc (June 2007) 15 kB
Full name of work:Art of Fugue, Bwv.1080: Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stile francese
Composer:Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), German
NWC Version: Version 2
Arranger:James Karageanes
About:NA
Lyricist:NA
Translator:NA
First line:NA
Music category:Baroque
Instruments:2 Harpsichords
Name of file creator:James Karageanes
e-mail address:Doctor_Zorba0902 "at" comcast "dot" net
Website:http://laurasmidiheaven.com/All-.....anes-Midis.shtml
Running time:4:22
Comments:Written ~1744-1748. Published posthumously in 1751 (a year after Bach's death) by his son, CPE Bach. Corrected, edited, and re-published in 1754. No instrumentation for this work was indicated. The work was published in "open score," four staves of music (primarily) written in C-Clefs in order to maintain notation near the middle of the staff. Scored for 2 Pedal Harpsichords by the arranger.

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