José Rodríguez Alvira
This fugue does not seems to have an exposition. We prefer to consider it a collection of stretti using the subject of the Art of the Fugue with some small variations in original, inverted and tranformed by diminution.
This illustration shows the structure of Contrapunctus VI. Click any section for more information::
Key of D Minor |
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Diminished subject | Inverted and diminished subject | Original subject |
Key of A Minor |
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Diminished subject | Inverted and diminished subject | Original subject |
Key of D Minor |
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This stretto is followed by the inverted subject in the tenor: |
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Diminished | Inverted and diminished | Original | Inverted |
Key of F Major |
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Inverted and diminished subject | Original subject |
Key of D Minor Key of G Minor |
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Diminished | Inverted and diminished | Original | Inverted |
After an episode the alto presents the inverted and diminished subject in the key of B flat followed by another episode.
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Inverted and diminished subject |
A double stretto followed by an episode.
Key of D Minor |
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Diminished subject | Inverted subject |
Key of D Minor |
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Diminished subject | Inverted subject |
Tenor in F major, soprano and alto in D minor. |
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Diminished subject | Inverted subject |
Key of G Minor. |
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Diminished subject | Inverted subject |
This is the harmonic structure of Contrapunctus VI:
Key | Subjects | |
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Stretto 1 | D Minor | |
Stretto 2 | A Minor | |
Stretto 3 | D Minor | |
Subject in the tenor | F Major | |
Stretto 4 | F Major | |
Stretto 5 | D Minor | |
Stretto 6 | G Minor | |
Subject in the alto | Bb Major | |
Stretto 7 | D Minor | |
Stretto 8 | D Minor | |
Stretto 9 | Tenor: F Major Soprano and alto: D Minor |
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Stretto 10 | G Minor | |
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Diminished | Inverted and diminished | Original | Inverted |
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