Contrapunctus IX

Johann Sebastian Bach

General Info

Year: c. 1745 / 2005
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Probably keyboard
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $68.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (II doubling E-flat Alto Clarinet)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Contra-Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

*Bass Drum

*Bells

*Chimes

*Crash Cymbals

*Marimba

*Snare Drum

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Composed in the last year of Bach’s life, Contrapunctus IX is an exciting double fugue that has been adapted to provide an exciting and challenging work for the modern concert band-wind ensemble. Full of independence throughout, every part is important and all sections get plenty of chances to shine in this powerful arrangement which will be a true showcase for better bands.

- Program Note from publisher

This work is taken from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, written for unspecified instrumentation, though probably keyboard, 1742-1746.

- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Video: Reference recording and score

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA High School BAND GROUP II

Performances

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Different Drummers Symphonic Band (Washington, D.C.) (Anthony Conto Oakley, conductor)
Knoxville (Tenn.) Christian Youth Bands – 7 May 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
Contrapunctus I (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Willmann) (c. 1745/2022)
Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
French Suite No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (1722/2013)
Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (?/2020)
Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
Wachet Auf (Flex instrumentation) (arr. DeJonge) (1731/2020)

All Wind Works

5 Preludes and Fugues (arr. Beyrent)
Adagio (arr. Hautvast)
Adagio (arr. Warner)
Air (arr. Hautvast)
Air (arr. Klemke) (c. 1730/2006)
Air (tr. Lang) (c. 1730/1958)
Air for Woodwind Choir (arr. Blahnik) (1731/1993/2007)
Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (arr. Daehn) (1721/1980)
Arioso (arr. De Haan) (1729/2000)
Arioso (arr. Hill) (1729/1984)
Arioso (arr. Holcombe) (1729/1972)
Arioso (arr. Reed) (1729/1998)
The Art of Fugue (tr. Amis) (c. 1745/2004)
Ave Maria
Ave Maria (arr. Lovrien) (1853/2004)
Bach: Air (arr. McGinty) (c. 1730/1993)
Bist du Bei Mir (arr. McGinty) (1725/1988)
The Bach Buch (tr. Pann) (2011)
Bach Bouquet (arr. Bennett) (1950)
Bach Chorale and March (arr. Wilson) (c. 1730/1990)
Bach: Chorale and Variation (arr. McGinty) (1994)
Bach Fugue (arr. Kinyon) (/1984)
The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
Bach Organ Suite (arr. Conley) (1986)
Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Mitchell) (1707/1928/2005)
Before Thy Throne I Now Appear (arr. Bukvich) (1750/1993)
Berceuse (arr. Hautvast) (/1994)
Bourrée (arr. Isaac) (1720/1969)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Marlatt) (1721/2011)
Brandenburg Concerto No 3. See also: Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3
Canzona (orch. Stock) (1703-1707)
Chaconne (arr. Ito) (1720/1987/2017)
Chaconne and Festive Aria (arr. Daehn)
Chaconne in D Minor (arr. Daehn) (1717-1720/1998)
Chaconne in D Minor (tr. Whitwell) (1720/2015)
Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1708-1717/)
Chorale and Fugue (arr. Warner)
Chorale and Fugue in F Major (arr. Daehn) (1720/1988)
Chorale Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (tr. Damrosch; adapt. O'Toole) (1709/1935/2017)
Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf" (arr. Williams) (1973)
Chorale in C Minor (arr. Topolewski) (1750/2012)
Chorale in D Minor (arr. Topolewski) (1998)
Christ He Is My Life (arr. Cailliet) (1973)
Christmas Pastorale (arr. Hastings) (1970)
Ciaccona (arr. Votta) (1720/2021)
Ciaccona Allargata (arr. Tamura) (1720/2025)
Come, Blessed Peace (arr. Tolmage) (1736/1958)
Come, Sweet Death (arr. Reed) (1736/1976)
Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
Come, Sweet Death (arr. Hindsley) (1736/)
Concerto IV (Alto Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
Concerto IV (Alto Saxophone, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
Concerto IV (Flute and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
Concerto IV (Flute, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
Concerto IV (Soprano Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
Concerto IV (Soprano Saxophone, Piano and Percussion Ensemble) (tr. Paxton; ed. Young) (c. 1738/2015)
Concerto for Prince Johann (arr. Daehn) (c. 1713 / 2011)
Contrapunctus I (arr. Barnes) (c. 1745/1988)
Contrapunctus I (arr. King) (c. 1745/1960)
Contrapunctus I (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Willmann) (c. 1745/2023)
Contrapunctus III (arr. King) (c. 1745/1955)
Contrapunctus V (arr. Daehn) (1742-1749/2013 )
Contrapunctus IX (arr. Clark) (c. 1745/2005)
Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (c. 1741/2018)
Contrapunctus XIX (tr. Berio) (1750/2001)
Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr. Reed) (1653/1724/1990)
Dona nobis pacem (choral) (arr. Scheiwiller) (1731/2018)
Dona nobis pacem (orchestral) (arr. Scheiwiller) (1731/2018)
Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; tr. Topolewski) (c. 1723/1921/2012)
Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; arr. Nowlin) (1723/1921/2016)
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (arr. Hunsberger) (1723?/1997)
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (arr. Horovitz) (1720/838/1986)
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" (arr. Boyd) (c. 1720/c. 1838/1985)
Fantasia in C (arr. Sterk) (1706/2017)
Fantasia in C minor (arr. Schinstine)
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Boyd) (1703-7/1957/1985)
Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Goldman) (1703-7/1957/2012)
Fervent Is My Longing; Fugue in G Minor (tr. Cailliet) (c. 1710/1935/2006)
Forget Me Not, O Dearest Lord (arr. Reed) (c. 1736/1985)
French Suite No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (1722/2013)
Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Brand) (1707/1928/2008)
Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
Fugue à la Gigue (arr. Rondeau) (1921/2011)
Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Daehn) (1722/1988)
Fugue in E-flat Major (tr. Abrams and Jones) (1739/2019)
Fugue in G Minor (arr. Kimura) (1703-1707/1993)
Fugue in G Minor (arr. Rechtman) (1703-1707/)
Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
Fugue No. 7 in Eb Major (arr. Warner)
Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
Gavotte (arr. Schinstine) (c. 1722/)
God Still Lives (arr. Reed) (c. 1736/1985)
Goldberg Variations (arr. Colgrass)
Hertzlich tut mich verlangen. See: Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Minor
If Thou Be Near (arr. Moehlmann) (1725/1940)
If Thou Be Near (arr. Reed) (1725/1984)
In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Reed) (1707-1717/1970)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Bullock) (1723/2013)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (tr. Cailliet) (1723/1962)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Custer) (1723/1975/1997)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Hazo) (1723/2012)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (tr. Leidzen) (1723/1936)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Moerenhout) (1723/2019)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Pekas) (1723/)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Ployhar) (1723/1975)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Reed) (1723/1981)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (orch. Renshaw) (1723/1991)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski) (1723/1985)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sparke) (1723/2004)
Jig Fugue (arr. Marlatt) (c. 1704/2003)
Komm, Susser Tod (arr. Leidzen) (1736/1936)
A Little Bach Suite (arr. Gordon) (1966)
Little Fugue (arr. Romm; adapt. Custer) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
Little Fugue in G minor (arr. Howland) (c. 1705/1974/2015)
Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. Parks) (1703-1707/)
March (arr. Grainger) (1946)
Marcia (arr. Wagner) (c. 1735/1992)
My Heart, Ever Faithful (arr. Barnes) (1988)
My Heart Is Filled With Longing (arr. Reed) (c. 1710/1986)
My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Reed) (1736/1975)
My Soul Longeth to Depart in Peace
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. McAlister)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (arr. Stert) (c. 1748/2013)
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (arr. Westover) (c. 1736/2017)
O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
Our Father Who Art in Heaven (arr. Reed) (1710/1988)
Passacaglia (arr. Glover) (c. 1703-1713/2014)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1703-1713?/1968/1975)
Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Minor (tr. Stowkowski; ed. Sosnowchik) (1703-1713?/1924/2014)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Falcone) (ca. 1712/1969)
Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (arr. Daehn) (1714/2011)
Passepied (Clarinet Quartet) (arr. Hautvast) (1719-20/)
Passepied (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Hautvast) (1719-20/)
Passepied (Wind Ensemble) (arr. Hautvast) (1719-20/)
Präludium und Fuge d-Moll (tr. Rechtman) (1722/2003)
Prelude IV (arr. Reed) (1722/1983)
Prelude and Fugue No. 6, BWV 535 (arr. Anthenien) (1722/1979)
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat, BWV 557 (tr. Moehlmann) (1708–1717/1852?/1964)
Prelude and Fugue in Bb major (Brass Ensemble) (arr. Beyrent)
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Brass Quintet) (arr. Beyrent) (1708–1717)
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 553 (arr. Moehlmann) (1708–1717/1852/1955)
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 553 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1708–1717/2020)
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 559 (arr. Moehlmann) (1708–1717/1852/1969)
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (arr. Beyrent)
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (arr. Moehlmann). See: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (ed. Sladik and Volz) (1705?/1966)
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 (arr. Steinmetz) (1710/2018)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 554 (arr. Beyrent) (1708–1717/1852/2001 )
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 555 (arr. Coleman) (1708–1717/1852/2017)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 554 (tr. Moehlmann) (1708–1717/1852/1988)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor (tr. Rechtman). See: Präludium und Fuge d-Moll
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 (setting Hunsberger) (c. 1739/2009)
Prelude and Fugue in F major (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/?)
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 555 (arr. Moehlmann) (1708–1717/1852/1974)
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535 (tr. Moehlmann) (c. 1717/1939/1955)
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro (arr. Ardizzoia) (1735/2025)
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Godfrey) (1919)
Prelude in E-flat, BWV 552 (arr. Tamura) (c. 1739/2001)
Prelude No 7 in E-flat Major (arr. Jackson) (1722/2023)
Prelude No. 22 (tr. Lynch) (c. 1722/2013)
Preludium (arr. Robinson)
"Ricercare a 6" from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (tr. McAlister)
Saint Anne's Fugue (arr. Rhoads) (1739/1965)
Sam Bach (arr. Jebe) (1997)
Sarabande (arr. Kennaway) (1972/1977/1995)
Sarabande (arr. Rote) (1973)
Second Bach Suite for Band (tr. Tolmage) (1965)
Sehet was die liebe tut (arr. Grainger) (1937)
Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Reed) (1716/1981)
Sinfonia from "Cantata No 29" (arr. Ninmer) (1731)
Sinfonia from "Cantate 156" (arr. Daniels) (1729/)
Sixteen Chorales (ed. King) (1958)
Sixteen Chorales (arr. Lake) (1938)
Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Patterson) (1731/1995)
Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Reed) (1731/1984)
Sleepers, Awake! (tr. Sparke) (1731/2002)
Songs of Exaltation (arr. Gordon) (1974)
St. Anne. See: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat
Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus (arr. Reed) (1736/1978)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (arr. Rechtman) (c. 1717/2006)
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564 (tr. Paynter) (c. 1717/2000)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue (tr. Knox). See: Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major
Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major (tr. Knox) (c. 1717/)
Toccata & Fuge d-Moll (arr. Goldhammer) (1703-1707/2011)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. Goldhammer). See: Toccata & Fuge d-Moll
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Goto) (1705/2014)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hindsley) (1705/197-?)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1705/1998)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Leidzen) (1705/1942)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. Lopez) (1705/2010)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Nowlin) (1705/2015)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Smalls) (1705/2023)
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major (arr. Kitakata) (1720/2018?)
Wachet Auf (Flex instrumentation) (arr. DeJonge) (1731/2020)
Wachet auf (arr. Marlatt) (1731/1997)
Wachet auf (arr. Reed). See: Sleepers, Awake! (arr Reed)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. Lauf Jr.) (1731/2019)
Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (arr. Croft) (c. 1750/1978)
Wir Glauben All’ An Einen Gott (arr. Stokowski) (1739/)

Resources

The Art of Fugue. Wikipedia. Accessed 25 August 2024
Bach, J.; Clark, A. (2005). Contrapunctus IX [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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