Plan of The Work
Fantasia contrappuntistica is written in twelve parts, and takes about 25 minutes to perform:
- Preludio corale
- Fuga I
- Fuga II
- Fuga III (on B-A-C-H)
- Intermezzo
- Variazione I
- Variazione II
- Variazione III
- Cadenza
- Fuga IV
- Corale
- Stretta
The first ten pages of the introductory "Preludio corale" are nearly identical to the Third Elegy with a few small cuts and alterations, including the removal of all German expression marks or their translation into Italian. In the third fugue, there is a returning melody composed of four notes, which are B♭, A, C, and B♮. These four notes spell Bach in German, where the H is the B♮, and are commonly known as the B-A-C-H motif.
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