TWO VOICES ONLY.
“Do you really love me i ” he asked, as he bent down and kissed her white forehead. “You know I do, ” she answered in a low voice. That was all they said, I suppose, but it was quite enough. When a man and a woman have told each other of their love, their is little more to say. They probably say it again, and repeat it in different keys and with different modulations. I can imagine that a man in love might find many pretty expressions, but the grist of the thing is the same. Model conversation as follows, in fugue form, for two voices: He—l love you. Do you love me i (Theme.) She—Very much. I love you more than you love me. (Answer.) He—No, I love you most. (Subtheme.) She—Not more. That is impossible. (Sub-answer.) He and She—Then we love ch other very much. (A duo voci.) * She—Yes. Rut lam not so sure that you can love me as much as I do you. (Streito.) &c., &c., &c. Ry using these simple themes you may easily write a series of conversations in at least 24 keys, on the principle of Bach’s “ Wehitemperiries Klavier, ” but your fugues must be composed for two voices only.
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Western Star, Issue 1349, 27 April 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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