BAIN MUSC 726C
The Canons & Fugues of J.S. Bach

Terms & Concepts

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  1. Acrostic {BA; WP}
  2. Alteration {HD
  3. Analysis {Grove}
  4. Bach seal {WP; WC}
  5. Bach motif: B–A–C–H {Grove; WP}
  6. Bach motto: Soli Deo gloria (S.D.G.) {WP}
  7. Bach's numbers: 14, 41, etc. (Tatlow 2015)
  8. Cadence {HD; Grove}
  9. Cambiata {HD; Grove
  10. Canon {HDGrove}
  11. Chaconne {Grove}
  12. Chorale {BA; Grove; WP}
  13. Chorale prelude {BA; Grove}
  14. Chordal dissonance (Gauldin  2013)
  15. Chromatic {Grove}
  16. Clefs (Historical) {WP}
  17. Continuo {Grove}
  18. Counterpoint {HD; Grove; Partimenti.org}
  19. Compound melody {WP}
  20. Corpus analysis (Giraud et al. 2017
  21. Cross relation {HD}
  22. Double counterpoint, see Invertible counterpoint
  23. Durchführung (Ger., 'leading through') {Grove}
  24. Figured bass, see Thoroughbass
  25. Fortspinnung (Ger., 'spinning out') {Grove}
  26. Fugue {BA; HD; Grove}
  27. Fundamental bass {Grove} (Rameau 1722
  28. Handexemplar (Ger.), personal or work copy (Wolff 1976
  29. Harmony {HD; Grove}
  30. Key signature {HD
  31. Ground bass {HD
  32. Grundgestalt (Ger., 'basic shape') {Grove
  33. Imitation {Grove
  34. Invertible counterpoint {HD; Grove}
  35. Interval {BA; Grove
  36. Invention {Grove}
  37. Inversion {Grove}
  38. Mass {Grove}
  39. Mizler Society {WP}
  40. Mode {Grove}
  41. Motet {Grove}
  42. Notation {Grove}
  43. Non-harmonic tone {Grove}
  44. Note values: British vs. American {WP}
  45. Part-writing [voice-leading] {Grove}
  46. Partimento {HD} (Sanguinetti 2012)
  47. Partita {Grove}
  48. Partial (key) signature {HD}
  49. Passacaglia {Grove}
  50. Pedal point {Grove}
  51. Picardy third {WP}
  52. Pitch notation
  53. Prima pratica and seconda pratica (It.) {Grove}
  54. Ricercare {Grove}
  55. Rule of the Octave {Grove; Partimenti.org}
  56. Schema {Partimenti.org}
  57. Simplified harmonic model
  58. Sinfonia {Grove}
  59. Sonata {BA; Grove}
  60. Species Counterpoint {Grove}
  61. Step progression {GB} (Davidian 2015)
  62. Suite {Grove}
  63. Texture {Grove
  64. Thoroughbass {HD; Grove}
     (It. Basso continuo; Ger. Generalbaß; Eng. Figured bass)
  65. Trio sonata {HD; Grove}
  66. Toccata {HD}
  67. Tonality {Grove}
  68. Triple counterpoint, see Invertible counterpoint
  69. Urtext {WP; Bärenreiter}
  70. Vademecum (Lat.) {WP}
  71. Variations {Grove}
  72. Well Temperament {WP; Xenharmonic Wiki}

Links

Early Music Sources (EMS) – https://www.earlymusicsources.com

Grove Music Online (Grove) – https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia (WP) – https://www.wikipedia.org


Online Dictionaries

  1. Britannica Academic {BA}
  2. Grove/Oxford {TCL} - *
  3. Harvard Dictionary of Music {HD} - *

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Glossaries (Open Access)

  1. Earsense, Fugue Vocabulary {Earsense.org}
  2. Edwards, Puzzle Canon Glossary {PuzzleCanon.com}
  3. Kerman, Art of Fugue Glossary {Open JSTOR} (Kerman 2015)


Links

Grove Music Online; Oxford Music Online (Grove). 2025. Oxford University Press. Available online at: <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com>.

Gjerdingen, ed., Partimenti.org: An Introduction to Counterpoint | An Illustrated Guide to the Rule of the Octave | The Academic Fugue | What are Schemas?

References
See also: BAIN MUSC 726C Bibliography; Articles

Davidian, Teresa. 2015. Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician: An Introduction. New York: Rowan & Littlefield. {GB}

Gauldin, Robert. 2013/1995. A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press. {GB1; GB2}

Kerman, Joseph. 2015/2005. Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715–1750. Berkeley: University of California Press.{Full-text: Luminosa; JSTOR}

Rameau, Jean-Philippe. 1971/1722. Treatise on Harmony, translated Philip Gossett. Mineola, NY: Dover.

Randel, Don Michael, ed. 2003. The Harvard Dictionary of Music (HD), 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. {HD}

Sanguinetti, Giorgio. 2012. The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press. {GB}

Tatlow, Ruth. 2015. Bach's Numbers: Compositional Proportion and Significance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {GB; Full-text: EBSCOhost}

Wolff, Christoph . 1976. "Bach's 'Handexemplar' of the Goldberg Variations: A New Source." Journal of the American Musicological Society 29/2 (Summer 1976): 224-241. {JSTOR}



Updated: July 4, 2025

Reginald Bain | University of South Carolina | School of Music
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