Preludes & Fugues in Bach's style

I'd like to present some my piano compositions, inspired by Bach's WTC.

Here are links to music with score:

Have a nice listening! :)

I listened to a couple and the only Bach it reminds me is CPE Bach or even his brothers. It sounds too late for Bach and sounds more end rococo/early Classical.

The fugue subjects are well developed and treated including modulations to the relative minors/majors. The rhythm is well balanced and whilst one part is static or slow moving, the other moves faster, which is typical of that period and the fact most of these pieces (in the time of JS) would have been played on a harpsichord rather than the fortepiano (sic) introduced around the time of Mozart and Beethoven.

Good stuff, well developed and written. :)

My favorite was Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor. :D

I listened to a couple and the only Bach it reminds me is CPE Bach or even his brothers. It sounds too late for Bach and sounds more end rococo/early Classical.

The fugue subjects are well developed and treated including modulations to the relative minors/majors. The rhythm is well balanced and whilst one part is static or slow moving, the other moves faster, which is typical of that period and the fact most of these pieces (in the time of JS) would have been played on a harpsichord rather than the fortepiano (sic) introduced around the time of Mozart and Beethoven.

You're right, that it would be played on harpsichord, but now WTC is rather played on the piano, so I've decided to present my compositions this way. However, I'm going to present preludes & fugues also on harpsichord, maybe then they will sound more baroque - but even now, I can't agree, that they sound like after J.S. Bach. ;)

You're right, that it would be played on harpsichord, but now WTC is rather played on the piano, so I've decided to present my compositions this way. However, I'm going to present preludes & fugues also on harpsichord, maybe then they will sound more baroque - but even now, I can't agree, that they sound like after J.S. Bach. ;)

Having studied music for 30 years (including a fair few at University and studying Bach fugual techniques), and having my grounding in early music, these are written in his style (theme size, rhythm, note progression, episodes, syncopation, tied countersubject rhythms etc...) but they sound later than him. As I said, CPE, JC and so on. Late Baroque early Classical. Some of the treatment of the themes including the modulations and chromaticism used are typical of early Classical.

This is only my opinion, but I decided to send the links to a couple of musical friends, one of whom said it was definitely Mozart (Hmm... won't be using him again, but at least he did point out the Classical element), and the others agreed with my 'diagnosis'.

There is nothing wrong with these and your technique is very good indeed. I am not saying you can't compose, because you can. I am simply saying that these may be in the style of Bach, but they lean more towards the Classical side than the Baroque one.

As a side note, people forget that JS's sons were around during the transition from Baroque to Classical and some of them were part of the movement to Classical.

Having studied music for 30 years (including a fair few at University and studying Bach fugual techniques), and having my grounding in early music, these are written in his style (theme size, rhythm, note progression, episodes, syncopation, tied countersubject rhythms etc...) but they sound later than him. As I said, CPE, JC and so on. Late Baroque early Classical. Some of the treatment of the themes including the modulations and chromaticism used are typical of early Classical.

I'm glad, that you have explained precisely, what you mean. Some classical influences are possible of course, because as a very young person, I've listened to a lot of Mozart and Haydn. But I think, that this effect, about which you said, was created, because I move within all Bach's life and some very late Bach's sounds (example from Art of Fugue) I use in earlier music with more dance character. As a result, harmony can sound more modern, than 1720 with forms from this period (example in Fugue in B major). J.S. Bach at the end of his life was against Classical in form. But not in sound, I think, because he developed harmony.

I'm glad, that you have explained precisely, what you mean. Some classical influences are possible of course, because as a very young person, I've listened to a lot of Mozart and Haydn. But I think, that this effect, about which you said, was created, because I move within all Bach's life and some very late Bach's sounds (example from Art of Fugue) I use in earlier music with more dance character. As a result, harmony can sound more modern, than 1720 with forms from this period (example in Fugue in B major). J.S. Bach at the end of his life was against Classical in form. But not in sound, I think, because he developed harmony.

Funny thing is that he might have been against it, but he was writing harmonies and chord progressions that could be mistaken for Romanticism!

Hey there!

Great work :)

Good stuff, well developed and written. :)

My favorite was Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor. :D

This pair is special, because it has got hidden message.

Hey there!

Great work :)

Thank you very much :)

I add some new works:

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Another two new preludes and fugues:

Have a nice listening :)