@bilbobaggins5704
Introducing the Fugue as a musical form with a Toccata in the background is simply priceless.
@InvigoratedSewerRat
J.S. Bach could literally improvise fugues on subjects given to him on the spot then write it down later from memory. There is a reason why composers after him idolized his music.
@InsidetheScore
Response to "You started with a Toccata" --- before another person comments the same observation: I'm glad so many are enjoying the video! Thanks for watching and I hope you learned something Lots of people have asked about the Toccata at the beginning of the piece - Yes, I know it's not a fugue! I knew it wasn't when I put it on. I just wanted something striking to start the video - you'll notice just about all my videos start with something like that. The toccata at the beginning is not a fugue - literally everything else in this video is about fugue. It just seemed to be a nice piece to start the video with, where I'd struggled to find a fugue which sounded striking enough in its first few notes. So no need to message me about that anymore - thanks
@HumbleNewMusic
Fugues are such a natural musical expression to me; they're supposedly constructed under strict rules but always sound so natural... I guess when done well everything is...
@Hailstormand
Bach's Little Fugue is the go-to fugue for me. It has a simple subject but as the piece moves along, it becomes a show stopper that doesn't let up until the end. It also makes the brain hurt a little bit, looking for the fugal patterns.
@rustygear447
Not sure why i'm here. Know nothing about music theory, but i'm glad to find out it's not pronounced "fug-you"
@pineapple_1066
I don't care about whether this video is too hard for beginners or not, I feel like my music A-level result has been saved by your video, that it rly rly made what my teacher didn't explain clear much clearer. Thank you a lot!!!
@adonisadmirer2752
One of the most complex forms of composition, succinctly explained in such short time. You are impressive, sir.
@joaolucasgaldino9872
I've fell in love with classical music and opera about two years ago. I have always analysed the emotion it gives, but thanks to you I can have a deeper look at the work that has been put into a piece. Thanks!
@stevensiferd7104
Music teacher joke: "A fugue is a composition where the sections of the orchestra come in one-by-one and the audience goes out two-by-two."
@flying_gerbil12
I'm starting to think this clasical music stuff is deep
@Renee2004lr
A friend of mine in college composed his own conclusion to Bach's "Art of the Fugue" and had a profound influence on my own composition(s). I even wrote a brief double fugue in the 3rd mm of my 1st wind quintet!!
@candlebaby3172
thank you! I am currently studying music and got really stuck on my lesson on fugues. My theory book makes it sound very overwhelming and confusing. You explained it really simply and thoroughly and I'm really glad that I get it now!! Thank you so much! Now I think I may be able to pass my CM test..
@annawood5725
The most amazing fugues of Bach I ever came across are in his organ repertoire - wonderful stuff!
@GogiRegion
Damn. I was writing a fugue this whole time without even knowing what it was called! This video probably is going to help me quite a bit with writing the composition.
@nowananda
I listened to Classical music on and off throughout my life and played the piano for 6 years when I was young, then stopped because i was a teeneger and thought i knew better. I'm so happy to understand classical music a bit deeper - thank you
@allanreiter4088
What a lucid explanation of the fugal form of writing! I am a retired amateur pianist who decided to relearn Bach's Capriccio after seeing the recent prize-winning movie that uses the fugue's countersubject (I guess) to tease his new (acquaintance according to the novelist). But after studying the three recent issues of the Pianist Magazine, which devoted an extended article on the fugue, I felt I needed help from my teacher. But with this video I can now look forward to analyzing that fugue ("imitating the cornet of the postillion") which captured my imagination as a youngster in '58 with Landowska's recording.
@lawrencetaylor4101
I've been playing the piano for over a year after a lifetime of joking that I was born with two left ears. The turning point for me was learning the Rule of the Octave last month. Since then I've discovered musica, which is big since I probably suffer from Aural Aphantasia. These videos are gold for their quality and content. Merci.
@roberta4266
The Holy Grail of fugue: Tocatta and Fugue. Thanks, Bach, you are a musical genius who gave us so much. Truly a Divine Inspiration.
@InsidetheScore