¿Una fuga para violín solo? problemas y retos de resolver polifonía en el violín: el caso de la fuga de la sonata para violín solo nº 1 en sol menor bwv 1001 de Johann Sebastian Bach

Abstract

This paper detects the fundamental challenges in the performance of J.S. Bach’s Fugue in the sonata for solo violin BWV 100, focusing on the chords. Some guidelines are proposed to make the rehearsal process more effective, for which all the chords of the fugue are identified, classified, analyzed and discussed; they are later articulated with the form and structure of the work and collated with five performances of professional violinists. This shows the different ways of making each type of chord, information that feeds the decisions that have been made in our own performance version of the fugue. The conclusions discuss the process and reflect on the ways in which the musicians approach our repertoire.