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Wtc2 E major / Fischer / Froberger
I wrote:
>...And it's interesting that this fugue's material was borrowed by Bach
>directly from JKF Fischer's _Ariadne Music_ (various copies exist from
>1702/1710/1715), a direct predecessor of the WTC. Fischer in turn may
>have got the subject from Froberger. New piece, old cloth.
Hans asked:
>I've ordered the Naxos-cd. But I was wondering, is this collection of
>preludes and fugues ever been published? Or is there someone who can send
>me a .jpg or smth of this eight prel/fugue in E?
>And from what piece of Froberger does the subject come from?
The Fischer _Ariadne musica_ is available as part of the complete keyboard
works of Fischer: Breitkopf & Hartel 8407. This edition is by Ernst von
Werra, 1901. I got mine in 1990; should be still in print. It's worth
having for all those suites and other preludes and fugues, too. _Ariadne
musica_ takes up only pp 75-98 in there; the pieces are all very short.
There are 20 preludes and fugues, followed by five ricercars. The E major
p/f is on page 83.
There could be at least two Froberger pieces in play here as models for
the Fischer and Bach pieces. The Fantasia #2 from 1649 is a double fugue
where this is the principal subject. This fantasia is in E Phrygian, not
E major; an interesting difference. Then there is the Ricercar #4 from
1658, in C major (but starting in G). In this one Froberger uses the
familiar subject both normally and inverted: mixed together, alternating.
It's tightly constructed: there aren't many bars where the subject or
inversion are absent.
Bradley Lehman, Dayton VA
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