HISTORICAL NOTES Mary Rasmussen aputtn ices ste Rute is the final contrapuntal tour de force of the greatest Tepes = Hk ee UL TSEE oheeiaes at tome staple ge a Lagues, @ triple figue, a fugue ia double counterpoiat a sae twelfth, @ fugue in sein uaics af the tenth, a triple ioverted fugue, two levertr is fugues Fe ee he thera fare eating fugue ~all on the Several OF Socata De Scatter aloes” wee tesata ping toe ee Like STS Hehe riety BEUA-Achle ‘wedortalings = cGeble acy Tempered Sasser’ ite Inventions and the Oxgelbachlein ~ the Art af Fugue is a work of didactic mrpore! which sisce above mere pelagegy tenie place among the great works of the Late Baroque, SRT ea erin eat Diva bo fintah the) Are fag Spat oe ic as engraved Sater Ms supervision before his death in 1750 The eetk en originally publish Be te | UL ee ere ots nave, acne increasing the sales, with a lengthy preface by F. we Marpure, sch in tura inspired Marpurg to write tie own elecdae, Seuaaias ‘vende: Tags (1153-54), which becarue ths Geee nkee mid-eigh- er Ee Be aha ae a eee treasured by euch connoisseurs as Marpurg and Mattworo Ste ede noe nicey conan auai wera jcua™ age eee ee eee E. Bach the ia ae eaiee, UP L0F sale apon the “ficet acceptable tier’: What became of Seer enera, VE nei 6at nell 80z whan inaerinores ee published an Ser raiel the ork at Gis eagscerlon at CAC Soa Wenese rnin ee began to be. generally Feowm, Selatcdly setting’ oul to'beece tee? io today recognized as Bee dea ca tena! Of this work t5'= tour- part composition’: Ta order five parte Bae Todt Derioda to the various parts (f bas bern chord here for five parts. ihe extra part is used to give relief from the steady Fendane Sree lor I Bs fous pmct versions the adier tacrsiiee dynamic and gee ptuernanes sthavelbalng * from The Art of Fugue TUBA JOHANN BACH (s38-1760) Moderato g eed by Rewesr Kine © Robert King Music Co. 1960 Exitions Musicales Alphonse Leduc 175, rue St. Honoré, 75040 Paris cedex O1 Printed in France AL. 28244