The Anti-Viral Fugue
The 'VACCINE' Fugue:
The last installment of my pandemic-induced, 'when life gives you lemons' trilogy, this time featuring a minor/major-ish subject with an even more complex development, lots of experimentation, abundant drama, a few plot twists, and hopefully a happy ending.
Similar to my previous endeavour, the 'COVID-19 Fugue', here too I interpreted the word 'VACCINE' as an acronym for the following musical terms (as explained at the beginning of the video):
'V' = Dominant (in the key of A)
'A-C-C' = The notes: A, C, C
'I' = Tonic (in the key of A)
'N' = Neapolitan (Chord)
'E' = The note E...
When combined, they shape an as - previously described - minor/major-ish, somewhat pretentious subject, which though less dissonant, allows quite some room for harmonizing/inverting, fact which I fully exploit throughout the fugue.
Don’t forget to check the whole trilogy:
• Prelude to a Pandemic: • Prelude in C minor
• The COVID-19 Fugue: • The COVID-19 Fugue
• The VACCINE Fugue: • The Anti-Viral Fugue
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Timestamps:
00:20 - Exposition I (Tenor - Alto - Soprano - Bass)
01:31 - Episode 1: Modulating from Dominant (E) to Tonic (A)
01:54 - Subject entry (alto) in a minor
02:10 - Episode 2: Modulating to b minor
02:20 - Subject entry (soprano) in b minor
02:31 - [Stretto 1] Subject entry (bass) in e minor
02:48 - Episode 3: Modulating to F major
02:58 - Subject entry (tenor) in F major
03:14 - Episode 4: Modulating to C major
03:40 - Subject entry (soprano) in C major
03:46 - [Stretto 2] Subject entry (tenor) in d minor
04:00 - Episode 5: Modulating to d minor and rounding off the first section
04:09 - Inverted subject entry (soprano)
04:26 - Episode 6 in d minor
04:50 - Superimposed subject and inverted subject (soprano & tenor)
05:06 - Episode 7 leading to dominant pedal point in a minor
05:40 - Superimposed subject, inverted subject and COVID-19 theme
05:55 - Episode (interlude) 8
06:02 - Subject entry (bass)
06:08 - [Stretto 3] Subject entry soprano and tenor
06:24 - Subject entry (alto) in D major
06:35 - [Stretto 4 & 4] Subject entry soprano, alto and tenor