36 Fugues (Reicha) - List of Fugues

List of Fugues

  • Fugue No. 1, Allegro – uses fragmentation of the subject, then sequences it chromatically.
  • Fugue No. 2, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 3, Molto moderato (theme by Haydn)
  • Fugue No. 4, Allegro moderato – two subjects.
  • Fugue No. 5, Allegretto (theme by Bach)
  • Fugue No. 6, Allegro moderato
  • Fugue No. 7, Allegro (theme by Mozart)
  • Fugue No. 8, Allegretto, subtitled Cercle harmonique – modulates through all keys.
  • Fugue No. 9, Allegro moderato (theme by Scarlatti)
  • Fugue No. 10, – in 12/4 (Reicha recommends imagining this as 3/4 time, tempo di una battuta.)
  • Fugue No. 11, Allegro moderato
  • Fugue No. 12, Allegretto – in 2/8.
  • Fugue No. 13, Allegro moderato – two subjects. Composed using Reicha's "new harmonic system"; a modal fugue with cadences possible on every degree of the scale without further alteration, except the seventh.
  • Fugue No. 14, Ferme et avec majesté-Presto, subtitled Fuga-fantasia (theme by Frescobaldi) – alternates between slow chordal passages and chromatically planned fast sections.
  • Fugue No. 15, Adagio – six subjects (one of them by Handel). Originally printed in both two- and six-stave form.
  • Fugue No. 16, Andante un poco allegretto
  • Fugue No. 17, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 18, Adagio – two subjects.
  • Fugue No. 19, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 20, Allegretto – in 5/8.
  • Fugue No. 21, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 22, Allegretto
  • Fugue No. 23, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 24, Allegro moderato – 2/2 and 3/4 alternating.
  • Fugue No. 25, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 26, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 27, Allegro – features an introductory section.
  • Fugue No. 28, Allegro – 6/8 and 2/8 alternating.
  • Fugue No. 29, Allegro moderato
  • Fugue No. 30, Allegro moderato – three subjects. 4/2 + 3/4, used simultaneously (polyrhythm).
  • Fugue No. 31, Allegro moderato
  • Fugue No. 32, Poco lento
  • Fugue No. 33, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 34, Un poco presto – two subjects.
  • Fugue No. 35, Allegro
  • Fugue No. 36, Allegro moderato

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