Bach - Eight Little Fugues for Four Trombones BWV 553-560 Delivery:Mailed thus highlighting the frivolity

thus highlighting the frivolity

Sarabande embellished (added by the arranger)

the Four Of A Kind Trombone Quartet and the Vienna Trombone Quartet – hence the title: 4 (quartet) x 2 (two of them) x 1 (1 soloist)

The work was composed and performed within a two week period at a memorial concert given for Helen Manheim

Bach - Eight Little Fugues for Four Trombones BWV 553-560 Delivery:Mailed thus highlighting the frivolityThe Eight Little Fugues, each originally paired with preludes are often performed in churches because of their technical ease and brevity. They have finally been attributed to Bach by most scholars after a number of years of doubt. They are less technically difficult than the full blown fugues of Bach, but still equally full of beauty and "commanding mastery". They are all less than 3 minutes in length with four in major keys and four in minor,