Fugue No. 23

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Steve Danyew)

Subtitle: From The Well Tempered Clavier, book 1
The work bears the designation BWV 868.

This fugue is part of the collection Three Fugues by J.S. Bach, arranged by Steve Danyew.

General Info

Year: 1722 / 2020
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Clavier
Publisher: Steve Danyew
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $29.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Soprano (upper notes)

• Flute
• Oboe
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• Violin

Soprano (lower notes)

• Flute
• Oboe
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• Violin

Alto

• English Horn
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet
• Violin
• Viola

Tenor

• Bassoon
• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• Horn in F
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Viola
• Cello

Bass

• Bassoon
• Tuba
• Cello
• Contrabass

Timpani (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Bach's time clavier (keyboard) was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord – but not excluding an organ.

Program Note from Wikipedia

Performance Notes

• Dynamics are not provided, as I thought it would be valuable to have students makes those decisions together.
• Experiment with articulation and ornamentation.
• Try playing the piece without a conductor at some point
• If you have more than one percussionist, have them play one of the SATB parts on mallets.

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media Links

• Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
• Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
• Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
• Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (?/2020)
• Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)

All Wind Works

• 5 Preludes and Fugues (arr. Beyrent)
• Adagio (arr. Hautvast)
• Adagio (arr. Warner)
• Air (tr. Lang) (c. 1730/1958)
• Air for Woodwind Choir (arr. Blahnik)
• Arioso (arr. de Haan) (1729/2000)
• Arioso (arr. Hill) (1729/1984)
• Arioso (arr. Reed) (1729/1998)
• The Art of Fugue (tr. Amis) (c. 1745)
• Ave Maria
• Bach: Air (arr. McGinty) (c. 1730/)
• The Bach Buch (tr. Pann) (2011)
• Bach Fugue (arr. Kinyon)
• The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Mitchell) (1921/2005)
• Bourrée (arr. Isaac) (1720/1969)
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Marlatt) (1721/2011)
• Canzona, BWV 584
• Chaconne (arr. Ito) (1720/1987)
• Chaconne and Festive Aria (arr. Daehn)
• Chaconne in D Minor (arr. Daehn)
• Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
• Chorale and Fugue (arr. Warner)
• Chorale and Fugue in F Major (arr. Daehn) (1988)
• Chorale Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (tr. Damrosch; adapt. O'Toole)
• Chorale in C Minor (arr. Topolewski) (2012)
• Christ He Is My Life (arr. Cailliet) (1973)
• Christmas Pastorale (arr. Hastings) (1970)
• Come, Sweet Death (arr. Reed) (1736/1976)
• Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Concerto IV (Alto Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Alto Saxophone, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Flute and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Flute, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Soprano Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Concerto IV (Soprano Saxophone, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
• Contrapunctus I (arr. Barnes) (c. 1745/1988)
• Contrapunctus III (arr. King) (c. 1745/1955)
• Contrapunctus V (arr. Daehn) (c. 1745)
• Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr. Reed) (1990)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; tr. Topolewski) (1727?)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; arr. Nowlin) (1727?/2016)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (arr. Hunsberger) (1727?/1997)
• Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (arr. Horovitz) (c. 1838/1986)
• Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" (arr. Boyd) (c. 1838/1985)
• Fantasia in C (arr. Sterk) (1706/2017)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Boyd) (1703-7/1957/1985)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Goldman) (1703-7/1957/2012)
• Fervent is My Longing; Fugue in G Minor (tr. Cailliet) (c. 1710/1935/2006)
• Forget Me Not, O Dearest Lord (arr. Reed) (c. 1736/1985)
• French Suite No. 2 (arr. Shishikura) (1722/)
• Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Brand) (1921/2008)
• Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
• Fugue à la Gigue (arr. Rondeau) (1921/2011)
• Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
• Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Daehn) (1722/1988)
• Fugue in E-flat Major (tr. Abrams and Jones) (1739/2019)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Kimura) (1703-1707/1993)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Rechtman) (1703-1707/)
• Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• God Still Lives (arr. Reed)
• Hertzlich tut mich verlangen. See: Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Minor
• If Thou Be Near (arr. Moehlmann) (1725/1940)
• If Thou Be Near (arr. Reed) (1725/1984)
• In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Reed) (1970)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (tr. Cailliet) (1723/1962)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (tr. Leidzen) (1723/1936)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr. Moerenhout) (1723/2019)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Pekas) (1723/)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr. Reed) (1723/)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski) (1723/)
• Jig Fugue (arr. Marlatt) (2003)
• Komm, Susser Tod (arr. Leidzen) (1736/1936)
• A Little Bach Suite (arr. Gordon) (1966)
• Little Fugue (arr. Romm; adapt. Custer) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
• Little Fugue in G minor (arr. Howland) (c. 1705/1974/2015)
• Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. Parks)
• March (arr. Grainger) (1946)
• My Heart, Ever Faithful (arr. Barnes) (1988)
• My Heart is Filled With Longing (arr. Reed) (c. 1710/1986)
• My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Reed)
• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. McAlister)
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (arr. Stert) (c. 1748/2013)
• O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (arr. Westover) (c. 1736/2017)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Our Father Who Art in Heaven (arr. Reed) (1710/1988)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1703-1713?/ 1968/1975)
• Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Minor (tr. Stowkowski; ed. Sosnowchik) (1703-1713?/2014)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Falcone) (ca. 1712/1969)
• Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (arr. Daehn) (1714/2011)
• Präludium und Fuge d-Moll (tr. Rechtman) (1722/2003)
• Prelude IV (arr. Reed) (1722/1983)
• Prelude and Fugue No. 6, BWV 535 (arr. Anthenien) (1722/1979)
• Prelude and Fugue in A-flat, BWV 557 (tr. Moehlmann) (1964)
• Prelude and Fugue in Bb major (Brass Ensemble) (arr. Beyrent)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Brass Quintet) (arr. Beyrent)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 553 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1955)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 553 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (?/2020)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 559 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1969)
• Prelude and Fugue in C major (arr. Beyrent)
• Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 (arr. Steinmetz) (1710/2018)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 554 (arr. Beyrent) (1722/2001)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 555 (arr. Coleman) (1852/2017)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 554 (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1988)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor (tr. Rechtman). See: Präludium und Fuge d-Moll
• Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 (setting Hunsberger) (c. 1739/2009)
• Prelude and Fugue in F major (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/?)
• Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 555 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1954)
• Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535 (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1939)
• Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Godfrey) (1919)
• "Ricercare a 6" from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (tr. McAlister)
• Saint Anne's Fugue (arr. Rhoads) (1965)
• Sarabande (arr. Kennaway) (1972/1977/1995)
• Second Bach Suite for Band (tr. Tolmage) (1965)
• Sehet was die liebe tut (arr. Grainger) (1937)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Reed) (1713/1981)
• Sinfonia from "Cantata No 29" (arr. Ninmer)
• Sixteen Chorales (ed. King) (1958)
• Sixteen Chorales (arr. Lake) (1938)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Patterson) (1731/1995)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Reed) (1731)
• Sleepers, Awake! (tr. Sparke) (1731/2002)
• Songs of Exaltation (arr. Gordon) (1974)
• St. Anne. See: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat
• Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
• Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus (arr. Reed)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (arr. Rechtman) (c. 1717)
• Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
• Toccata & Fuge d-Moll (arr. Goldhammer) (1705/2011)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. Goldhammer). See: Toccata & Fuge d-Moll
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Goto) (1705/2014)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hindsley) (1705)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1705/1998)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Leidzen) (1705/1942)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. Lopez) (1705/2010)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Nowlin) (1705/2015)
• Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564 (tr. Paynter) (c. 1717/2000)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
• Violin Partita No. 3 in E major (arr. Kitakata) (1720/2018?)
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. Lauf Jr.) (1731/2019)
• Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (arr. Croft) (1978)
• Wir Glauben All’ An Einen Gott (arr. Stokowski) (1739)

Resources

• Creative Repertoire Initiative
• Perusal score
• Steve Danyew website Accessed 28 July 2020
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Wikipedia Accessed 28 July 2020