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Question: If a piece of music is perfect both on its head and also its feet, which one is the inversion?
A few important things I neglected to mention in the 11th counterpoint, but where to go after that 11th fugue anyhow? Into the mirror…
Look into (static.wixstatic.com/media/a374d8_5a41e67a3c9a431bba78657af0267cac~mv2.gif) *CLICK* (static.wixstatic.com/media/a374d8_5a41e67a3c9a431bba78657af0267cac~mv2.gif) the mirror (static.wixstatic.com/media/a374d8_5a41e67a3c9a431bba78657af0267cac~mv2.gif) !
Bach, not satisfied with creating a triple fugue whose subjects were the same three subjects of the previous triple fugue- inverted- now pens a four-voice fugue where the entire texture will be inverted to create a new composition altogether. It's like writing two fugues at once. This can be done with any piece of music, but only Bach could make such a complicated composition sound like beautiful and convincing music both right-side-up and upside-down.
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Question: If a piece of music is perfect both on its head and also its feet, which one is the inversion?
A few important things I neglected to mention in the 11th counterpoint, but where to go after that 11th fugue anyhow? Into the mirror…
Look into (static.wixstatic.com/media/a374d8_5a41e67a3c9a431bba78657af0267cac~mv2.gif) *CLICK* (static.wixstatic.com/media/a374d8_5a41e67a3c9a431bba78657af0267cac~mv2.gif) the mirror (static.wixstatic.com/media/a374d8_5a41e67a3c9a431bba78657af0267cac~mv2.gif) !
Bach, not satisfied with creating a triple fugue whose subjects were the same three subjects of the previous triple fugue- inverted- now pens a four-voice fugue where the entire texture will be inverted to create a new composition altogether. It's like writing two fugues at once. This can be done with any piece of music, but only Bach could make such a complicated composition sound like beautiful and convincing music both right-side-up and upside-down.
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Find a selected playlist of the music found and discussed in this podcast here: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ha250UDFktGqZjpt1hk7L?si=fIqZwtTUQJmzB9SYwskeYA
... have you seen: bachchurch.com (bachchurch.com/) ???
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