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Georg Philipp
Telemann
 
Vingt petites fugues

 
 

 
 Georg Philipp Telemann :
Twenty little fugues
 
One volume 9½” × 13”
34 pages
Euros 34.-

Here are twenty little fugues in four parts, short (between one and two minutes), very easy to play.  The pedal is never necessary, and the choice of stops is free.
 
Published by Telemann in 1731, they are written in each of the ecclesiastic modes still used in several German churches, and are planned to introduce the singing by the choir (for instance a Magnificat).  These modes were nothing else but various major or minor scales, with an ending on the tonic or the dominant.  However Telemann, concerned about the leading of the singer’s intonation, achieves the feat of only using the very notes of the mode in the upper part of the whole fugue, with no outside notes or modulation.  He explains himself about this in a complete foreword including two tables, one for the modes themselves, the other for the way of harmonising them.
 
The language is typically baroque, but however is not Bach’s.  This volume shows us another side of the organ music during this time, and is convienient for pedagogy as well as liturgy, and also for concert.
 
 
Contents
 
      Foreword
 
      Fugue 1
      Fugue 2
      Fugue 3
      Fugue 4
      Fugue 5
      Fugue 6
      Fugue 7
      Fugue 8
      Fugue 9
      Fugue 10
      Fugue 11
      Fugue 12
      Fugue 13
      Fugue 14
      Fugue 15
      Fugue 16
      Fugue 17
      Fugue 18
      Fugue 19
      Fugue 20
 
      Critical notes   
 


Telemann's other volume for the organ is also available at Chanvrelin.  See in our catalogue : Georg Philipp Telemann : Organ Chorales or get straight to the detail of it.

 


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