Résumés
Abstract
In this article, my objective is to attempt to connect all the simultaneous compositional processes that J. S. Bach combined in order to create the stretto forms inside the Contrapunctus 5 of the Art of Fugue. The analysis offers a perspective by relating four technical elements present in every stretto of the subject; the distance of entry in each voice, the raw material used, the technique of inversion and the position of dux and comes.
Keywords:
- analysis,
- Johann Sebastian Bach,
- compositional techniques,
- fugue,
- stretto
Résumé
Dans cet article mon objectif est de tenter de connecter – en traçant les liaisons – toutes les techniques compositionnelles simultanées que Bach a employé afin de créer les différentes possibilités de stretto dans le Contrapunctus 5 de L’art de la fugue. L’analyse offre une nouvelle perspective en mettant en relation quatre éléments présents dans chaque exposition du sujet en stretto, en essayant en même temps de discerner leur logique de disposition : la distance d’entrée, la technique d’inversion, le positionnement des dux et comes ainsi que l’utilisation d’éléments rythmiques spécifiques.
Mots-clés :
- analyse,
- Jean-Sébastien Bach,
- fugue,
- stretto,
- techniques compositionnelles
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