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Bach's Testament: On the Philosophical and Theological Background of The Art of Fugue (Contextual Bach Studies)
Zolt N G Ncz
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Hardcover. In Bach's Testament:On the Philosophical and Theological Background of The Art of Fugue, Goncz probes into the philosophic-theological background of The Art of Fugue, revealing the special structures the undergirded the 1993 reconstruction. Bach's Testament investigates the reconstruction's metaphysical dimensions, focusing on the quadruple fugue. Series: Contextual Bach Studies. Num Pages: 194 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; AVRG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Written late in his life, J. S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue has long been admired—in some quarters revered—as one of his masterworks. Its last movement, Contrapunctus 14, went unfinished, and the enigma of its incompleteness still preoccupies scholars and musical conductors alike. In 1881, Gustav Nottebohm discovered that the three subjects of the movement could be supplemented by a fourth. In 1993, Zoltán Göncz revealed that Bach had planned the passage that would join the four subjects in an entirely unique way. This section has not survived, but, as Göncz notes, it must have been ready in the earliest ... Read more
Written late in his life, J. S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue has long been admired—in some quarters revered—as one of his masterworks. Its last movement, Contrapunctus 14, went unfinished, and the enigma of its incompleteness still preoccupies scholars and musical conductors alike. In 1881, Gustav Nottebohm discovered that the three subjects of the movement could be supplemented by a fourth. In 1993, Zoltán Göncz revealed that Bach had planned the passage that would join the four subjects in an entirely unique way. This section has not survived, but, as Göncz notes, it must have been ready in the earliest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Contextual Bach Studies
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810884472
SKU
V9780810884472
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About Zolt N G Ncz
Zoltán Göncz has been a researcher and lecturer at the department of hymnology of John Wesley Theological College in Budapest since 2008. He served as music editor at the National Philharmonic Agency between 1983 and 1997, then worked in the same capacity with the musical ensembles of the Hungarian Radio from 1997 to 2008.
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