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Musical fugue is one among few things that really matters to me and constantly make my heart blooms, giving some reason to live on. Soon after I started composing music, I dove straight into fugue by listening to a lot of them, mostly by J.S.Bach, Beethoven, and Shostakovich. I read as much as possible about it no matter how obscure the source was. I studied musical scores of Bach's fugues. And finally, which is most importantly, I composed them. You can start to grasp what the fugue is by thinking of it as a dance. Imagine a dance of 4 dancers, Dancer A enters and dance on his own, then dancer B comes in and dance like what dancer A has just did, while dancer A continues in the new set of formation which is in harmony with but different from dancer B. From now on A and B dance together for a while, then dancer C comes in, dancing exactly like when dancer A starts, then dancer D comes, imitating dancer C while C is doing other different yet harmonious thing. When C and D are doin

One of the frustrating thing about being a creator of art, is that one knows how to create the art, but cannot explain how to do it. If an appreciator wants to understand why art is beautiful, he has to understand how it was formed, how it was developed. The product of art is, as it so named, a product, which is a result of all elements combined. Without some effort to discover the inner working of an art, he can just acclaim, that this work of art is beautiful, but that is that. How is it beautiful? Why is it beautiful? What makes it beautiful? These are the questions that an artist concerns about. But when it comes to explaining the working of a piece of art, a creator faces an insurmountable problem, as he understands everything but cannot explain even one simple thing without giving a lecture on all relatable fundamental theories, techniques, and its application even for this specific work in question. Even if he would explain these successfully, he would need a further explana

Despite hectic schedule, I managed to finish this 'innovative' fugue in just a few days. This is the first fugue in the Preludes & Fugues set, and it just happens that this first fugue is an unusual fugue for several reasons. Firstly, its main subject is not 'singable' nor easily remembered. It is haphazardly disjunctive and simply weird. I intentionally derived the subject from the main motive of its associative Prelude in C major. Secondly, since the subject is not 'pretty', I have to compensate by introducing some classical style elements such as contrasting block structure, development, and other general stylistic elements. This use of classical style elements is antagonistic because fugue is mainly a product of baroque period, one that precedes classical period. The result is this strange fugue which I hope is still pleasant and worthy to listen and play.

A new musical piece is here. This is a light and short Prelude to the Fugue in the same key. This is the first piece of my new project – 24 Preludes & Fugues in all major and minor keys.