How to write a fugue countersubject

How To Write A Fugue

1. The exposition begins the fugue and a single voice plays the subject establishing the tonic key. ...
2. The middle section consists of entries of subject and answer in keys other than the tonic separated by episodes. ...
3. The final section begins where the subject or answer returns in the tonic key.

1. What is a Countersubject in a fugue?
2. How are fugues written?
3. What is the exposition of a fugue?
4. What is a fugue example?

What is a Countersubject in a fugue?

In a fugue, a countersubject is "the continuation of counterpoint in the voice that began with the subject", occurring against the answer. It is not usually regarded as an essential feature of fugue, however.

How are fugues written?

A fugue begins with the exposition and is written according to certain predefined rules; in later portions the composer has more freedom, though a logical key structure is usually followed. Further entries of the subject will occur throughout the fugue, repeating the accompanying material at the same time.

What is the exposition of a fugue?

(Fugal) Exposition : The first part of a fugue, during which each of the voices enter with the subject or answer. Note the similarities and differences between this use of the term 'exposition' and the equivalent in sonata form. Basically, they both refer to a first section setting out the main material.

What is a fugue example?

In Mozart's Fugue in G Minor, K 401, for piano four hands (1782), the two subjects are melodic inversions of each other. Two excellent examples of triple fugue (i.e., having three subjects) are Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 4, and his Fugue in E-flat Major for organ, BWV 552, called the St.