Bach - Contrapunctus XI from The Art of Fugue for Brass Quintet Freidlin The Chanson de Nuit and

The Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin became his best selling works to that point and added much needed funds for the family finances

They were titled in French as his publisher suggested the British public would find them more appealing to purchase

Cherry has taken the liberty to transpose many of them into different keys for musical variety and technique

this arrangement can be performed by moderately advanced performers and is modest in range demands

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Bach - Contrapunctus XI from The Art of Fugue for Brass Quintet Freidlin The Chanson de Nuit andJ. S. Bachs massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each Fugue is a masterpiece in its own right. Contrapunctus XI is a four voice, triple Fugue that uses all three subjects from Contrapunctus VIII but in both direct and inverted forms. This piece is about six minutes in length. Free pdf Sample