horns 1 and 2 and
bassoons added for fuller effect
DEVICES
imitation
ground bass
pedal
inverted pedal
sequence
canonic imitation
run (roulade or melisma)
trill
inverted mordent (shake or
upper mordent)
mordent (lower mordent)
turn
inverted turn
appogiatura
inverted appogiatura
acciacatura
inverted acciacatura
Bachian ornaments, e.g.
nachschlag, doppelschlag, pralltriller
embedded track: Fughetta
on 'The Lark in the Clear Air' by Mel Young (1977)
(as J.S. Bach might have
treated this Irish theme)
This was written
originally for three blockflöten but is heard
here (perhaps
unrealistically) on harpsichord to
capture the 18th century
Bachian concept.
Demonstrates:- subject,
counter subject, free part,
imitation, sequence,
inversion, stretto,
inverted pedal, trill and
mordent.
What more could one ask
for -
a redundant entry perhaps?
Well, there isn't one!
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