Three more Fugues
                by   Larry Soprano   June 1991

    This contains three preludes and fuges from  the first book of
  The Well Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach.
     They were transcribed into .ROL format with A. A. Kapauan's
  Mf2Rol (midi to roll) conversion program from MIDI sources from
  GEnie.  I corrected many errors (but likely not all) in the midi
  captures and voiced them to sound like a couple of real harpsichords.
     These three pieces are very chromatic.

  They are:

   In E flat minor
     P08E-MIN ROL     5091   6-01-91  12:15a
     F08E-MIN ROL    13679   5-31-91   4:43p

     I scored this set as though they were being played on an
   Italian insturment.  They have a thin almost nasal sound and
   speak very quickly, but do not sustain for long.
     The prelude is one of the most played in this book.  It is
   like a slow song.
     The fugue has always reminded me of machine with an excentric
   cam.   The counterpoint is very complex.  The theme is inverted
   (melodic motion reversed), augmented (note values made longer)
   and these are used in stretto (piled on top of each other).

   In F minor
     P12FMIN  ROL     6705   5-31-91   4:58p
     F12FMIN  ROL    12023   5-31-91  11:34p

     I voiced this set as a nothern insturment.  They have a brighter
   tone and greater sustaining power.
     The prelude is almost a dance.  The fugue has a sad, almost fatal
   chromatic opening, but it's tail piece has the rythm of the prelude.
   Most of the fugue is developement of this tail piece with the opening
   chromatics woven through.

   In B minor.
     P24BMIN  ROL     9323   5-31-91   4:12p
     F24BMIN  ROL    17755   5-29-91   7:23p


     I voiced this as a slightly brighter northern instrument.
     The prelude is a pair of voices in cannon over a walking bass.
     The construction of the fugue is similar to the F minor above
     except that the chromatic opening is used more.


         Larry Soprano June 1991