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Suggestions for fugue final project

What follows is a small selection of fugal works; don't by any means feel limited simply to this list, but use it as a springboard!

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #4 (esp finale)

Bach, Solo Violin Sonata in C (esp 2d movt)

Bach, Art of the Fugue (selections possible)

Haydn, String Quartets Op. 20 with fugal finales (fugues with 2, 3, and 4 subjects)

Haydn, fugue as incorporated into larger genres, e.g., Symphony 101 (finale); String Quartet Op. 76, 6 (first movt)

Mozart, Fugue in gm, K. 401

Beethoven, Cello Sonata #5 in D, Op 102, #2 (esp finale)

Beethoven, Grosse Fuge

Beethoven, Missa Solemnis (esp end of Gloria and/or Credo)

Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier"), (esp finale)

Mendelssohn, Preludes and Fugues for Organ and for Piano

Brahms, Organ Fugue in a-flat minor

Schoenberg, Funf Klavierstucke, Op. 23, #3 (fugal rather than pure fugue)

Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste (esp first movt)

Bartok,  Sonata for Solo Violin (esp 2d movt)

Bartok, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (esp 1rst movt)

Hindemith, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed (esp the fugal movt)

Stravinsky, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (esp finale)

Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms (esp 2d movt)

Schnittke, Praeludium and Fugue

NOTE: Also, peruse chorale works- this is frequently a fertile source for fugal writing!

 
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