The work consists of fugal Variations planned on the most elaborate scale.
"Johann Sebastian Bach"
Johann Nikolaus Forkel and Charles Sanford Terry
Nothing is more intellectually stimulating than counterpoint, and the composers Bach studied were distinguished by their mastery of it, as their fugal writing attests.
"Johann Sebastian Bach"
Johann Nikolaus Forkel and Charles Sanford Terry
The idea having once been given, the composing of airs productive of fugal harmony would naturally grow up, as in some way it did grow up, out of this alternate choir-singing.
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer