Andrew Moore Music

Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Arranger

Andrew Moore

Publisher

Andrew Moore

Genre

Classical / Chamber music

Instrumentation

Violin, Viola, Cello

Scored for

Trio

Type of score

Full score, Parts

Difficulty

Medium

Description
The Fugues in Bach’s 48 are masterpieces of contrapuntal writing. Although written for keyboard, the clarity of the part writing lends itself to an instrumental performance. This fugue, (Book 1, No 8) is presented here for a string trio of violin, viola and cello. The original is in Eb minor, not an accommodating key for strings, so it is given here in E minor. It is not a short piece and quite demanding. The score is presented, as Bach’s original, without dynamics or phrasing, so there is plenty of scope for developing ensemble playing. The zip files contains a full score plus separate instrumental parts - a toital of 15 pages

Upload date

06.03.2012