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Analysis Assignment #4

This document contains the analysis of a fugue by J.S. Bach. It provides 7 questions with responses about structural and musical elements of the fugue. Key points addressed include: 1. The answer in m.3 is a tonal answer due to its use of a skip voicing rather than stepwise motion found in the subject. 2. The fugue exposition ends in m.9. 3. The next entry of the fugue subject occurs in m.11 in the key of Eb. Bach uses sequences of the subject head motive and secondary dominants to transition harmonically between these sections.

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Analysis Assignment #4

This document contains the analysis of a fugue by J.S. Bach. It provides 7 questions with responses about structural and musical elements of the fugue. Key points addressed include: 1. The answer in m.3 is a tonal answer due to its use of a skip voicing rather than stepwise motion found in the subject. 2. The fugue exposition ends in m.9. 3. The next entry of the fugue subject occurs in m.11 in the key of Eb. Bach uses sequences of the subject head motive and secondary dominants to transition harmonically between these sections.

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MSTC 514/614 Analysis assignment #4

1. Is the answer that begins in m.3 a tonal or real answer?

- Tonal answer

2. What characteristic(s) of the fugue subject caused Bach to write the type of answer
you listed for Question #1?

- In the m.3 between beat 2 and pick up to beat 3 have the skip voicing(m3) but in
the first subject have the step(M2)

3. Label in the score where the fugue exposition ends.

- mm.9

4. Describe two ways in which the music in mm. 5-6 heals create a good transition
leading to the entrance of the fugue subject in the third voice:

- 1. Bach used head of motive from subject to be the sequence and a part of scale
to prepare the transition

2. Bach used the chord to leading to subject entrance in mm.5


Eb>Cm>Fm>Dm>Gm>Ebaug>Ab>Bdim>Cm if analyze in detail we can see the
chromatic note in the lower voice G>Ab>A>Bb>B>C G in the beat 1 of mm.5 Ab
in beat 2 A and Bb in the beat 1 of mm.6 B in beat 4 An C in mm.7 on the beat 1
of middle voice and the fugue subject entrance in the lower voice

5. After the fugue exposition ends, label the next entry of the fugue subject in the
score.

- mm.11

6. In what key is the subject that you labeled in Question #5?

- In Eb

7. Describe how Bach transitions—both melodically and harmonically—from the end


of the fugue exposition to the next subject entry you labeled in Question #5.

- 1.Melodically: In melodically way Bach used the head motive of the 1st
subject to be the sequence separate between upper voice and
middle voice

2.Harmonically: In harmonically way Bach used the Secondary Dominant to change


the key when the subject entry in mm.9 Cm>G>Cm>C7 mm.10
Fm>F>Bb and mm.11 subject entry is C>F>Bb>Eb

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