Page62 #18, Fugato

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 62 Number 18, Fugato, performed by David Summer. A fugue is an imitative piece, similar to a cannon. A main difference between a fugue and a cannon is that in a fugue, the second voice part comes in a fifth away from the first voice part. This duet is a fugato, which is not strictly a fugue, but retains much of the style of a fugue. The composer of this duet, Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann Stamitz, like Telemann, contributed to the transition of the baroque period to the classical era. Many members of the Stamitz familiy were composers, including Johann’s two sons Carl and Anton. Johann Stamitz was a founder of the Mannheim school. This style of music composition introduced many of the musical concepts that help to distinguish the baroque from the classical period, including dynamic innovations such as the crescendo. The metronome setting for this performance is half note = 100.