Fundamental Forms, III. Fugal Form
Musical Excerpts
Musical excerpts in this chapter, performed by Adam Matlock. In most instances, Adam plays the excerpt twice, the first time at reduced tempo. Page numbers refer to the recommended edition.
How to use excerpts: As you encounter each short musical score in the chapter, stop reading and listen to the excerpt using the videos on this page. Listen more than once if you do not recognize, in the music, the idea that Copland is presenting. Then continue reading.
Excerpts for Chapter 12
Page 132: Click HERE to find excerpts in Appendix II
Copland's Musical Recommendations for Chapter 12 (fugal form)
1) Bach—Brandenburg Concertos
2) Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier
3) Franck—Sonata in A for Violin and Piano
4) Beethoven—Piano Sonata in A flat, Opus 110
5) Schoenberg—String Quartet No. 3
Additional, for Chapter 12 (fugal form)
• J.S. Bach -- Musical Offering, Canon 1 รก 2 Example of cancrizans and sometimes called the Crab Canon. This video dramatically illustrates several ways in which a composer can produce a fugue by reversing and inverting a musical line.
[ MORE from the author of this video, who appears to specialize in computer visualization of things scientific.]
• Gregorian Chant—The “Sarum” Liturgy
• Medieval Polyphony—Music of Johannes Ciconia
• Old McDonald Had a Fugue
• Little David's Fugue -- Modern Jazz Society
• Blues Fugue
• Little Jazz Fugue
• Bach-Swingle Singers: Chorale Prelude, "Sheep May Safely Graze" transcription of aria from Bach Secular Cantata BWV 208.
• Bach, Cantata BWV147, The last movement, at 28:40, is another famous chorale prelude, called Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (German title, "Jesus bleibet meine Freude", which translates roughly as "Jesus shall remain my joy").
• Bach: Fugue in A Minor, Modern Jazz Quartet This was one of the first Additional Supplements offered for the first chapter. Does it sound any different to you now?
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