Prelude & Fugue No. 1 (Octet)

Music of this video is "Prelude and Fugue No. 1" and is a tune KATO Yuitiro created in 2010. A prelude is a tune that is played before worship, dance music, a fugue, and so on. 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 string octet: Composition of musical instruments is 2 English horns, 2 bassoons, 2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello.

The painting of this video is Pieter BRUEGEL's "The Peasant Dance."

Newer: Prelude & Fugue No. 2 (String Quartet)

Older: Greensleeves Variations (Piano)

日本語: 前奏曲とフーガ第 1 番 (八重奏曲)