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Thanks for listening, Jackleaf! Everyone, to make your listening more convenient, I've attached an mp3. Even if you feel like you don't know very much about fugues, I welcome your general thoughts. Is it a tolerable piece of music? Thanks again.

I posted a (finally) completed version of this fugue on the solo keyboard forum: Feel free to share your thoughts!

Hi all, I would appreciate any feedback you have about the attached fugue. The answer and the triple counterpoint are according to Prout (or my interpretation thereof), but I realize there are probably other conflicting authorities out there. Thanks! fugue-20200507.mid

Hi Monarcheon, Thanks for answering! I agree that when there's a real answer, a codetta is employed to get back to the tonic. But I believe when the subject itself modulates, the answer is modified towards the end to be tonal (not real). So instead of the codetta doing the modulating work, the answer itself is distorted to do it. An example that comes to mind is the fugue from Bach's Magnificat, "Sicut Locutus Est." Do you have any thoughts on this practice?

I'm writing a fugue on the attached subject. (It's a cryptogram--I'm relieved it came out somewhat workable.) Anyhow, by the end, the subject modulates to the dominant, which means that by the end, the answer must modulate back to the tonic. Or in other words, at the beginning I should answer a fifth up/fourth down, but by the end, I should answer a fourth up/fifth down. My understanding is that the precise point where this should happen is not always clear cut, so I'd like to get your opinions, especially if you have experience with writing fugues. What do you think? Thanks!