Contrapunctus Puns

I remember Gerubach had a scrolling score of the art of fugue which included a Hymn at the end which was one of the most moving pieces of Bach's music I've ever heard. Iirc the english translation of the title of the piece was "and thus my god is closer to thee". I am incredibly frustrated I can't find this piece, any help would be appreciated.

The Art of the Fugue is a beautiful and fascinating work, in particular the final, unfinished fugue (Fuga a 3 soggetti or Contrapunctus XIV). As it stands it is a triple fugue in which the 3rd theme spell Bach's name, but many consider it to be a planned quadruple fugue.

They are works in progress, but I have just started a blog and have written a post about Contrapunctus XIV

Perhaps more useful or interesting to the community, I have compiled a list of completions of the unfinished fugue.

I would be interested to hear everyone's thoughts on the mysteries of Contrapunctus XIV and to see if anyone knows of any other completions!

My personal favorite is the grand and riveting Contrapunctus 6. Listening to Gould's recording makes all the lines and modulations crystal clear. All of the fugues took so much intelligence and creativity to write.

Hey guys,

I'd like to start off by saying that I have been playing the piano for quite a long time now, and that I do indeed have a teacher. I am on holidays now though so I have no-one to ask but you.

Throughout the years I have avoided playing Bach, and I have strictly cycled through the likes of Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn with some Mozart. I have literally never played Bach, with the exception of one tiny minuet I learnt during my first year. I really like his music, but I've always had this irrational fear of learning it.

I have recently just heard Contrapunctus I from the Art of Fugue and, my god, is it beautiful. I have decided to give it a go but I am getting really frustrated with regards to fingering, and what notes to divide into each hand. Whereas in Romantic and Classical music it is pretty straightforward to discriminate between hands, I have been finding it pretty confusing.

Are there any rules on how to split the finger-work and, if not, are there any tips you guys could give me? Contrapunctus I is quite a relatively straight-forward piece in terms of finger skills it's just confusing to learn.

Sheet music: http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/c/ca/IMSLP25133-PMLP05843-Bach_ArtOfFugue_Czerny_Kalmus.pdf (marked as Fuga I) Audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUKMvfvA1w

TL;DR tips/rules on how to play Bach contrapunctus I?

I will greatly appreciate any help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO3ewYOD4zE

This may be common knowledge to a lot of you, but if you don't know about it I hope you enjoy!

Contrapunctus XIV was an unfinished fugue from Bach's last set of compositions, The Art of Fugue. This particular fugue was incomplete at the time of Bach's death, and subsequently there have been many Bach experts and musicologists in the 20th and 21st centuries who have attempted to complete the Fugue. In my opinion, this is the best attempted completion of the piece. While there are a number of other attempts that exist out there, this one feels very much like Bach and a lot more natural than the others. Specifically, I feel like the treatment of the 4th subject in Göncz's attempt sounds a lot cleaner and a lot more like Bach than the other attempts. These are just my (relatively novice) opinions, so I would love to hear some perspectives from Bach experts or classical experts in general about this attempted completion!