The author presents every element of the fugue form, both the traditional and optional ones, which are little covered in specialized books. The appendix contains the analysis of all the fugues in the two volumes of Well Tempered Clavier and Art of Fugue.
Mattheson’s Concept of Klangrede in Two Fugues by Bach and Mozart
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: Fugue in D major BWV 873 / The Well-Tempered Clavier (vol. 2), Kyrie / Requiem in D minor K. 626 Year of creation: 1739–42, 1791 Composer's name: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Methods of analysis: Formal analysis, Rhetoric analysis, Style analysis
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Intermediate
Study cycle: Bachelor, Master
Read more



