Detritus Hall: Bach (JS): Prelude and Fugue in Ab, BWV 886 (from WTC II)

2/22/10

Bach (JS): Prelude and Fugue in Ab, BWV 886 (from WTC II)

Just something I'm studying, so I thought I'd share.

B-double-flat is a funny-ass key (towards the end of the fugue), then re-interpreted as the Neapolitan of A-flat after languishing in the minor dominant for far too long. All of this is motivated by the first countersubject, a descending chromatic line in quarter notes (passus duriusculus) that is more-or-less directly opposed to the trio sonata-like main subject.

(See:

Monelle, Raymond. The Sense of Music. Princeton Univeristy Press: 2002, pp. 196-206.)

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2/22/10

Bach (JS): Prelude and Fugue in Ab, BWV 886 (from WTC II)

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