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The short answer
Fugue sur le nom de Bach is a fugue by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov from the Romantic era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 7, an estimate.
- fugue
- Romantic
- grand
- melancholic
- voicing
Also known as N. Rimsky-Korsakov.
History
The opening places a long low note above shorter repeated supporting notes. Its main outline rises through the musical letters of Bach’s name before another voice enters higher up. Listen for the long thread continuing through the smaller notes.
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What to listen for
Follow the longer low outline while the shorter repeated notes keep moving. The two layers should remain distinct.
A higher subject entry joins the lower motion. Hear the new long line without losing the earlier stream.
How to practise it
- Practice the sustained subject and the shorter supporting notes separately, then join them without shortening the longer tones.
How hard is it
Long subject notes overlap moving supporting voices and later imitative entries. Sustained voicing, coordination and the denser later counterpoint support an advanced-entry estimate, not a teacher grade.
About this piece
- Licence
- Public Domain
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
