Date Available

5-3-2013

Year of Publication

2013

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College

Fine Arts

Department/School/Program

Music

Advisor

Dr. Karen Bottge

Abstract

The intended structure of Bach's ostensibly unfinished Die Kunst der Fuge has been debated since the work's publication in 1751. This study examines the proportional design of an early version of the work, subsisting in the autograph manuscript (P200) of the early 1740s. As the only complete source extant, P200 and its revisions provide substantial insight into Bach's intentions for the later version of the Art of Fugue.

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