Bach, Fugue 20 in A minor, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 865
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Uploaded by smalin on Jan 24, 2010
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Fugue 20 in A minor from Book I of J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 865, performed on the Roland VP-550 Vocal and Ensemble Keyboard by Stephen Malinowski, accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.
Q: Where can I get the sheet music for this piece?
A: The standard score for the prelude and fugue is here:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/IMSLP02225-BWV0865.pdf
Q: What are we hearing and how did you create it?
A: The string-like sounds you're hearing are made by me playing my viola through the Roland VP-550 Vocal & Ensemble Keyboard Here's an article on vocoders:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
If you want to see what it looks like when a person is performing live with the VP-550, I recommend Don Lewis's wonderful performance of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TdQwOUGaFs
The main differences between what Don's doing and what I did are that I was playing the viola instead of singing, and I performed the four parts of the fugue separately.
Q: Is there a way I could make the bar-graph scores myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/
Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: First, check my "to do" list:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMToDoList.html ...
If the piece isn't listed, read the "Could you please do a MAM video of _________?" item on my main FAQ:
http://www.musanim.com/mam/mamfaq.html#copyright ...
and if you think I'd consider doing it, email me (stephen at musanim dot com).
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All Comments (70)
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Beautiful presentation but I'd much rather hear it played on a keyboard. Not particularly because that's what Bach wrote it for but more because the viola 'quartet' sounds rather too rich, to my ear. For me, this music is very much about structure and that comes out most clearly on a keyboard.
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@smalin Because anyone trying to play it would "know" it was in common time? Just my guess.
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ат жжот, красавчег
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@Zaspor ~Agreed, I love to be able to see the score and the bars...and realize that it's not possible with all pieces...
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You are a bad form Monty hahaha, what are you really saying?
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@smalin Ok, fair enough on the key signature.
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i like how you had the sheet music with this one you should make more with the sheet music
thenamesfrancisco 5 months ago
@thenamesfrancisco The problem is: with more than three or four instruments, the score gets too small.
smalin 5 months ago
Are you sure this is the right piece? The sheet music you posted is different from what I'm listening to and seeing in the video. And, I've heard other people playing "Fugue 20 in A minor Book #1" and it is a different piece.
MithWoW 6 months ago
@MithWoW Different in what way? You're seeing what's being played, and what's being played is what it says it is. Are you referring to the fact that it's not played on a keyboard instrument? If people say they're playing the A minor fugue from the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and they're playing something other than this, they're mistaken.
smalin 6 months ago
Why doesn't the score include a time signature or key signature? That's bad form!
Montyleeny14 11 months ago
@Montyleeny14 No key signature because it's a minor (no sharps or flats). No time signature because ... hmm ... I don't know why ...
smalin 11 months ago