The article deals with some untouched problems concerning Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues: the three independent lines formed by the subject and its two fixed countersubjects, all on the same triad; the “answe...The article deals with some untouched problems concerning Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues: the three independent lines formed by the subject and its two fixed countersubjects, all on the same triad; the “answer in natural mode” in the same key; and the techniques of “motif growing” and “straight expansion” as concluded by the author. In addition, the followings are also treated: the application of quite a number of musical forms in the polyphonic suite, and the inner link and formal comparison between preludes and fugues.展开更多
文摘The article deals with some untouched problems concerning Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues: the three independent lines formed by the subject and its two fixed countersubjects, all on the same triad; the “answer in natural mode” in the same key; and the techniques of “motif growing” and “straight expansion” as concluded by the author. In addition, the followings are also treated: the application of quite a number of musical forms in the polyphonic suite, and the inner link and formal comparison between preludes and fugues.