The study of fugue - Alfred Mann

Classic study comprises two parts.

The first is a comprehensive historical survey of writings on the fugue from the beginning of fugal teaching (c.

1350) to the present.

Part Two explores in depth four 18th-century studies which are its classical presentations: Steps to Parnassus, J.

Fux (1725), A Treatise on Fugue, F.

Marpurg (1753-54), Fundamental and Practical Essay on Fugal Counterpoint, Padre Martini (1775), A Manual of the Fundamental Principles of Composition, J.

Albrechtsberger (1790).

Translations of texts, introductions and critical commentary, and many musical examples.

Index.

Bibliography.