Preview: 'Contrapunctus 19' By J.S.Bach BWV 1080 from 'The Art of the Fugue' for Saxophone Quartet.
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'Contrapunctus 19' By J.S.Bach BWV 1080 from 'The Art of the Fugue' for Saxophone Quartet.
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SKU: A0.891915
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Stephen Davies. Baroque. 49 pages. Stephen Davies #3480611. Published by Stephen Davies (A0.891915).The final composition of J.S.Bach is surprisingly triumphant, despite his demise just after bar 239. It's also a matter of scholarly conjecture that Bach wrote 'The Art of Fugue' for the keyboard, as some will argue that certain Contrapunctii (?!) are almost impossible to play, bearing in mind that the sustain pedal had yet to be invented. And thus, the most credible path would be that Bach wrote them as A) Academic exercises for study or B) To be played by a suitable ensemble. I'm going with the latter obviously!
I include Donald Tovey's conclusion to the work, its brilliance is noted the world over, but surely not what Bach intended, but damn close! This Saxophone version is particularly LOUD!!, so, go make some noise!!
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