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Play — J. S. Bach Fugue in C Major, BWV 953 from "Four Little Fugues" · MusicSmith (the player loads on click)
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Play — Three Little Fugues from "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Bach": Fugue in C Major, BWV 953 - 2015 Remastered Version · Johann Sebastian Bach, Glenn Gould (the player loads on click)
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This C major fugue unfolds with a rhythmic clarity and contrapuntal drive where the main idea circulates among the voices with brisk momentum and structural logic, calling for precise articulation rather than expansive lyricism. Practically, rely on your Analysis harmonique (4.4/5) to spot confirmations and modulations that should shape dynamics and pacing, and on Polyphony for three voices or more (4.4/5) to execute gestures of voice separation: fingers and wrist must maintain independent lines, anticipate subject entries and balance inner voices without masking the soprano subject. As a Baroque piece, it belongs to Bach’s keyboard output that examines thematic development and formal control characteristic of that period. I do not provide a reference interpretation here because I am not 100% certain of citing a specific recording for this work.