| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 Kings Place: Hall One | Bach stays wrapped up: The Art of Fugue with Fretwork |
 Bach’s final work The Art of Fugue, left incomplete at his death in 1750, has long been famous for (among other things) not having specified its instrumentation. It’s written in open score – each line of music, or “voice”, is given a distinct printed line, making it hard to guess what instrument Bach actually had in mind to play it. The work’s exceptionally complex counterpoint led many musicologists to assume, in fact, that it was primarily intended as a sort of study guide rather than something to be performed.
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