A combination of styles, era’s and even classes. This fugue marks an exploration of baroque music in a more traditional sense using polyphony, counterpoint and fuse to create a work reminiscent (although of nowhere near quality) of the fugues of Bach et al.
My original intention was to write in a dorian mode as well to create not only textural and harmonic variation from the modern day standards but to take on a new scale which while no longer used was popular at the time. I did find, however that my fugue writing skills lacked something when trying to use this minor mode and the lines were just not coming together. Thus I went back to basics and wrote this fugue on the theme displayed in the first 2 bars.
My original intention was to write in a dorian mode as well to create not only textural and harmonic variation from the modern day standards but to take on a new scale which while no longer used was popular at the time. I did find, however that my fugue writing skills lacked something when trying to use this minor mode and the lines were just not coming together. Thus I went back to basics and wrote this fugue on the theme displayed in the first 2 bars.
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