2025-11-09

Bach - Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus 14, Completed [Organ, Rameau TO]


A completion of Bach's Contrapunctus 14 from the Art of Fugue, based on very simple contrapuntal principles. (Jump directly to the completion: https://youtu.be/QxzKooREmB4?t=434 ). Arranged for Organ (soundfonts are Jeux14 and OrganPipe), tuned into Rameau's Tempérament Ordinaire, a circulating temperament generated by 7 meantone fifths (as large as 696.578 ¢), 3 pythagorean fifths (as large as 701.955 ¢) and 2 sharp fifths (as large as 709.045 ¢), then rounded to integer values.

The cent figures of the tuning (with C set to 0) are: 0 ¢ 87 ¢ 193 ¢ 298 ¢ 386 ¢ 503 ¢ 585 ¢ 697 ¢ 789 ¢ 890 ¢ 1007 ¢ 1083 ¢ ⦿ More versions of The Art of Fugue, completed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXA-QwMzYB0&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz2BVaWuoeaaqAPsWRuAgWim
⦿ More Bach's pieces completed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVFA5In008&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz0-n44FHBVZiGbn2AGGEGoJ ⦿ More pieces tuned into Rameau Tempérament Ordinaire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Zd36vuurk&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz14XaYz6irvBdfXEQyJMDrE

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