CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Nikovitz, Balint |
|---|---|
| Title | Investigating the Philosophy Behind The Art of the Fugue and its Subject. A Historically Informed Analysis of J. S. Bach's Music and its Scope |
| Summary | The following is a historically informed analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080) from a philosophical perspective and an attempt to establish direct and indirect philosophical influences as inspiration behind the collection. The thesis is built up of four chapters. In Chapter I, I provide a theoretical analysis based on the treatises on music which were know by J.S. Bach. In Chapter II, I connect these treatises to Lutheran philosophy and what is labelled as “mechanistic philosophy”. In Chapter III, I focus on The Art of the Fugue and pinpoint the theoretical background (musical as well as philosophical). In Chapter IV, I provide possible counterarguments to my thesis and then conclude the text with a positive answer to the question ‘does The Art of the Fugue has direct and indirect philosophical influences?’. |
| Supervisor | Ben Yami, Hanoch |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/nikovitz_balint.pdf |
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