Canon & Fugue No. 4 (Sextet)
Music of this video is "Canon and Fugue No. 4" and is a tune KATO Yuitiro created in 2010. A canon is the same melodies that are played shifting time. A fugue is independent melodies that are played at the same time and are united by a melody that is showed at the opening. The style of this tune is more like Renaissance counterpoint, which is represented by Palestrina, than baroque counterpoint, which is represented by BACH. The performance of this tune is due to computer music that is based on MIDI. The kind of this tune is chamber music, or the sextet: Composition of musical instruments is 2 English horns, 1 bassoon, 2 violins, and 1 cello.
The painting of this video is Jacques-Louis DAVID's "Andromache Mourning Hector": Hector is a hero of ancient Greece and Andromache is his wife.
Newer: Variations No. 1 (String Quartet)
Older: Canon & Fugue No. 3 (Orchestra)