«Fuge aus der Geographie» (Ernst Toch):
Discussion
Trinidad!
And the big Mississippi
and the town Honolulu
and the lake Titicaca,
the Popocatepetl is not in Canada,
rather in Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!Canada, Málaga, Rimini, Brindisi
Canada, Málaga, Rimini, Brindisi
Yes, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet,
Nagasaki! Yokohama!
Nagasaki! Yokohama!
How do you find this crazy stuff?
This fugue especificaly was presented by a Brazilian maestro, Alexandre Innecco, on his educative program, called ECAI Podcast. This fugue impressed me a lot.
Fugues do something sublime to the brain. J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71sIMNDeiec
Yes, I agree: J. S. Bach's fugues are sublime. Toch on the other hand uses the fugal form as well, but intending another kind of experience: a tensional one (or even repulsive). Anyway, I prefer Bach too. 😅