Fugue in G minor BWV 578

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Fugue in G minor BWV 578 (1707)

Little Fugue in G Minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

SATB Saxophone Quartet

Fugue in G minor BWV 578 by Johann Sebastian Bach arranged for SATB Saxophone Quartet. Fugue in G minor BWV 578 is one of the best known fugues by J. S. Bach. It is popularly known as the “Little Fugue”. Early editors of Bach’s work used this title to distinguish it from the later Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, which is much longer. Fugue in G minor BWV 578 was written early in composer’s career, most likely while Bach was an organist in Arnstadt around 1707.

Although referred to as the “Little Fugue” you should not underestimate its quality or intensity. The fugue subject is one of Bach’s most recognizable melodies. Typical of Bach, the development of the fugue is masterful. This SATB sax quartet arrangement of the Fugue in G minor BWV 578 shows off each player as the counterpoint is developed and moves towards its climax and conclusion.

With this arrangement of Fugue in G minor BWV 578 you get:

1 Saxophone quartet score (transposed, 12 pages including covers, 8.5″ x 11″)

4 Saxophone parts (4 pages including covers, 8.5″ x 11″)

• soprano saxophone
• alto saxophone
• tenor saxophone
• baritone saxophone

The range for each saxophone part is shown below.
Audio and score excerpts are available above.
Watch a scrolling score of this video (Youtube).

Saxophone Ranges for Fugue in G minor BWV 578

Small notes indicate optional pitches. Alternates are provided in parts.

About the Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) is a pivotal figure in the history of music. He drew together the achievements of his predecessors and led on to new musical perspectives that influenced later generations. His genius combined outstanding performing musicianship with supreme creative powers in which original imagination, technical mastery, and intellectual control were perfectly balanced. Many of his works—such as the Well-Tempered Clavier and other keyboard works, most of his organ music, the Brandenburg Concertos, the unaccompanied solos for violin and cello, the cantatas, Passions, and oratorios, the Art of Fugue, and the Mass in B minor—became exemplary samples of their kind and have preserved their influence and legacy through the present day.

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