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Fugue Treatises, Analyses and Tools

Plus a section dedicated to the MIDI

Biographies of the major composers

General

• Fugue Treatises (list of)
• Bibliography on fugues

The Timothy A. Smith treatise on fugues:

• Anatomy of a Canon
• Why Bach writes canons?
• Anatomy of a Fugue
• How to analyze a Fugue?
• Fugue Timeline
• The Art of the Fugue

Other fugue treatises and analyses:

• Analysis of Bach's fugue in g minor BWV 861 (by Jose Rodriguez Alvira)*
• Main terms on fugues (by Jose Rodriguez Alvira)*
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• Norden Fondation on fugue analysis

Fugue lists:

• 16th c. and previous
• 17th c.
• 18th c.
• 19th c.
• 20th c.

General articles and analyses:

Extract from: and Paul Walker

• The term fugue
• A classic fugue analysed, The fugue in C minor from book 1 of Bach’s WTK
• The golden age [extract]: J.S. Bach
• The golden age [extract]: Haendel

Bibliography [large]:

• Historical and analytical studies on fugues (by Paul Walker)

John Stones writings

• Introduction to J.S. Bach in His Library, 1749
• On Bach's Art of the Fugue
• Road Map for a Fugue
• A Portrait of Two J.S. Bach's
• Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach
• Two Reasons Man is Superior to Machines: Bach and Gould
• A Glenn Gould Survey: The Music Through 1750
• Glenn Gould Discourses on Fugue: Watch and Learn

Fugue. Not only musical forms

• Music Animation Machine by Stephen Malinowski
• Isamy Camreon by Raymond Succre

Section on the Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach

• Treatises and reviews
  • An enigma resolved: the Bach's Art of the Fugue (by David Peat)
  • On Bach's Art of the Fugue (by John Stone)
  • Glenn Gould Discourses on Fugue: Watch and Learn (by John Stone)
• Media
  • MIDI files
  • Sheet Music (to order online)

The MIDI [Musical Instrument Digital Interface]

Extract from:

On the MIDI

• Controller
• Pitch

General pages on electronic music

• Computers and music
  • Early efforts
  • Principles of digital audio
  • Sound synthesis and processing
  • Systems applications
• Electro-acoustic music
• Electronic instruments
• Sampler

Bibliography [inclusive]

Audio files:

• Classical MIDI files (19,300 files)

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