Invertible Fugue on Four Subjects (Tovey, Donald Francis)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 fugue (rectus and inversus)
First Publication 1931 - Oxford: Oxford University Press (as an appendix for Tovey's edition of Die Kunst der Fuge)
Genre Categories Fugues; For violin, viola, 2 cellos; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 3 hands; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 3 hands; For 2 players
Related Works A conjectural finale for Die Kunst der Fuge by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Misc. Notes Source: Die Kunst der Fuge (Oxford University Press, 1931); reprinted from Dover, 2013
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Work Title Invertible Fugue on Four Subjects
Alternative. Title Final Invertible Fugue on Four Subjects, as required by Mizler's statement
Composer Tovey, Donald Francis
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IDT 16
Key D minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 fugue (rectus and inversus)
First Publication. 1931 - Oxford: Oxford University Press (as an appendix for Tovey's edition of Die Kunst der Fuge)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation violin, viola, 2 cellos (or piano 3 hands)
Related Works A conjectural finale for Die Kunst der Fuge by Johann Sebastian Bach
Extra Information Based on a description from Nekrolog: "His [J.S.Bach's] last illness prevented him from completing according to plan the last fugue but one, and from working out the last, which was to contain 4 themes and to be inverted note for note continuously in all 4 parts".
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