In the last years of his life, J.S. Bach embarked on a daunting project: a cycle of fugues and canons, about 80 minutes in length, entirely derived from a single cellular strand of melody. He ...

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Joshua Kosman is the Chronicle’s former classical music critic. He retired in 2024, after covering classical music for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1988, reviewing and reporting on the wealth of ...

These were strong records, some now accorded “classic” stature. I should have recognized this as a “winning streak.” I did not recognize it. In 2003, I found myself wanting to make more subtle, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Perspectives of New Music is an international professional journal. It is an independent journal, incorporated as a 501c3 ...

Fugue in F major is a contrapuntal work written in three voices for piano. The piece is written in sonata allegro form as the composer clearly stated where exposition, development, and recapitulation ...