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Eighteenth-Century Conundrum
Joel Sheveloff
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
ChapterI. Two vivid personalities...-
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Chapter The clash ofideologies 62
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Chapter Manuscripts & editions .
Chapter Seminal musicoloists' hypotheses .
secret art .
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Chapter Two exceptional fugues ..
Chapter X. An old-fashionedsonata da chiesa 299
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Chapter XI.Arte canonica resoluta 333
Chapter XII. A canonor a cannon? 358
Chapter XIII.Bach,Mizler, their legacy and posterity 384
Chapter Tempo, phrasing, and
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Chapter A score
suggestions
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ChapterXVII. A coda, areflectionand avalediction 502
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Endnotes 527
Bibliography 552
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2. Friedrifucguhe' ssu bjefocrtfl ut&e contin.u.o.. .........8.2. ......................
3. Quantfuzg ues ubjeicnGt m ajo.r. ..................8.4. ...................................
4. Bachfu gues ubjeicnFt m inoBrVV,V 857. ...............8.6. .........................
5. Bachfu gues ubjeicnFt - shamripn oBrWV, 858. ...........8.6. ...................
6. Bacho rgafung ues ubjeicnCt m inorB,W V 575. ...........8.6. ...................
7. Bachp reluind eA m inoBrW,V 889o,p eni.n.g. ..........8.7. ......................
8. putative subfojret chtMes u siq!Jercinga l ........................................... 87
9. putative subjebcyFt r iedritcoch o nfounBda ch. ............8.7. ....................
10.B acho rgafung ues ubjeicnDt m inoBrW,V 538. ...........8.8. ..................
I1 . Mozart, fogue subjeocftK .4.2.6. ..................8..9. ....................................
12. B'WVn umberiinn1g 9 50& 1990v ersi.o...n..s... ..............................I 0. 1
I3.f ascimoifXl 'es fa scicDl,efo li1o v ers.o. ..............1..5.5. ........................
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15. royatlh emvea riatiinoc nanso ns9 ,3 d,3 e6, & ..7.... ........................1 59
16. organc horaVlea:t uenrs BeWrV ,6 82m,. I -1.5. ..........1.6.9. .................
17. the manym oveabcllee afBtsac h'sd ispo.s.a.l. ..........1.7.9. .....................
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21. my connectifroonm c anon3 bt o3 c... ................................................ 355
22. my connectfrioomnc anon3 et o6 . .................................................... 372
23. thefi nacla denocfec ano7ni nm y versi.o.n. .............4.7.2. .....................
24. scoroefm y twoc anomno vemen.t.s. .................4.8.6. .............................
25. ThomaBse njamin'sgr apho fBWV 1079/Smb.1, - 8o fv iolpiart.n.. 508
26. my alternategr aphfo rth e same passag.e. ..............5.0.8. .........................
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III.c omparisoofnp ublishoerdd eorfsB WV 107.9. ..........1.4.3. ...................
IV. symmetrieso fthtee nc anons.... ........................................ ................. 157
V. symmetrieesx tendteoid n cluthdee tr ios onat.a. ..........1.6.2. ..................
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