ART OF FUGUE, THE (Die Kunst der Fuge), a work of Sebastian Bach's, in which the art of fugue and counterpoint is taught, not by rules but in examples. It was written in 1749, the last year of his life, and is therefore the last legacy of his immense genius and experience. The work consists of sixteen fugues— or in Bach's language ‘counterpoints
’—and four canons, for one pianoforte, and two fugues for two pianofortes, all on one...
