Frédéric Chopin

Three Fugues, KK VIIa/2 (Luigi Cherubini)

c. 1842–1844 · Chomiński – · Brown –

Total duration: 13'

1. A minor
2. F major
3. D minor

These are arrangements of three fugues from Luigi Cherubini’s Cours de Contrepoints et de Fugue (Schlesinger, 1832): the Fugue du ton à quatre parties, à un contre-sujet in A minor (pages 142–149), the Fugue du ton à quatre parties et à deux contre-sujets in F major (pages 150–157), and the Fugue chromatique à quatre parties à trois contre-sujets in D minor (pages 158–169). The original fugues are written in open score; Chopin’s arrangements are almost literal transcriptions onto two staves.

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Société française de musicologie · Trois fugues de Luigi Cherubini / mises en partition de piano · ed. Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger

1. A minor

Duration: 5' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Three Fugues, KK VIIa/2 (Luigi Cherubini); 1. A minor

2. F major

Duration: 4' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Three Fugues, KK VIIa/2 (Luigi Cherubini); 2. F major

3. D minor

This transcription is incomplete.

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 3

Three Fugues, KK VIIa/2 (Luigi Cherubini); 3. D minor