Can you ID this fugue?

[Steve]

Compound time, probably 3/4 or 6/8, this is the theme in eighth notes (equal
values):

D Eb D C Bb A G F# A D- C- Bb- A- Bb- D- G A- G F#- G

The notes followed by a hyphen '-' indicate it is played down one octave.
The first imitation starts about a measure after this and is a perfect
fourth below.

Can anyone identify this for me?

Thanks,

Steve

[Ben Crick]

Post by Steve
Can anyone identify this for me?

What key is it in? G minor?

It's not one of the "obvious" fugues. Is it for Organ, Keyboard,
string quartet....?

Give us some more hints.

Ben

[Arthur Ness]

Gigue from the Third English Suite (BWV 808). Why do you ask?
--ajn
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Post by Steve
Compound time, probably 3/4 or 6/8, this is the theme in eighth notes
D Eb D C Bb A G F# A D- C- Bb- A- Bb- D- G A- G F#- G
The notes followed by a hyphen '-' indicate it is played down one octave.
The first imitation starts about a measure after this and is a perfect
fourth below.
Can anyone identify this for me?
Thanks,
Steve

[Steve]

Thanks so much! I'm able to remember the first several bars of this piece
from my college days and wanted to learn it again, but forgot what it was.
Now, I'll be able to order the sheet music and get started!

-Steve

Post by Arthur Ness
Gigue from the Third English Suite (BWV 808). Why do you ask?
--ajn
=============================================

Post by Steve
Compound time, probably 3/4 or 6/8, this is the theme in eighth notes
D Eb D C Bb A G F# A D- C- Bb- A- Bb- D- G A- G F#- G
The notes followed by a hyphen '-' indicate it is played down one octave.
The first imitation starts about a measure after this and is a perfect
fourth below.
Can anyone identify this for me?
Thanks,
Steve

[Andrew Schulman]

Post by Steve
Thanks so much! I'm able to remember the first several bars of this piece
from my college days

Also very impressive!!

Andrew

[Andrew Schulman]

Post by Arthur Ness
Gigue from the Third English Suite (BWV 808).

Very impressive!!

A.

[Arthur Ness]

Post by Andrew Schulman

Post by Arthur Ness
Gigue from the Third English Suite (BWV 808).

Very impressive!!
A.

Not really. Take a look at it. It's a very "memorable" gigue. Like Steve I
studied the Third English Suite as a college freshman at Eastman. (I just
happened to remember the title, too.) It's such an unusual fugue/gigue, with
a subject that spans an octave and a fifth in range. After the double bar.
the subject appears in contrary motion. The second entry starting on low D
would even be a symmetrical inversion if all the F's were sharp. That is
the pattern of black and white keys up and down the keyboard is the same if
you start on D.
For example,
D-Eb-F#-G#-Bnat up=
D-C#-Bb-Ab-Fnat down
(etc.)
Alas, Bernhard Ziehn was born _#after#_ Bach. He built an entire system of
music theory on the idea of symmetrical inversions.
==ajn.