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Bach Transformed

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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The Pros and Cons of Arranging Fugues

In the original Bach, each fugue was preceded by a prelude, which Mozart did not arrange. Brahms decided to make an arrangement of the chacon for only the left hand of the piano. This allowed him to be both virtuosic and deeply faithful to music that was written with a maximum of four voices.

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