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Piano SKU: HL.14001808 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Frederick Iliffe. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 118 pages. Novello & Co Ltd. #NOV632056. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14001808). ISBN 9780853602576. UPC: 884088465124. 8.25x11.75x0.34 inches.A detailed analysis of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues. The object of the present analysis is to place in the hands of students a detailed and exhaustive scheme of every Prelude and Fugue. In the Preludes the mode of procedure has been: 1) To give the figure upon which each Prelude is built; 2) To give the Prelude itself in full and copiously marked, or in a reduced form showing the structure; 3) a 'Summary' of the piece; and lastly, general 'remarks' upon the structure and treatment of the materials. For the Fugues a Tabulated Analysis – bar by bar – is first given, then a 'summary' and 'remarks' as before.

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