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''Ariadne musica'' is a collection of organ music by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, first published in 1702. The main part of the collection is a cycle of 20 preludes and fugues in different keys, so ''Ariadne musica'' is considered an important precursor to Johann Sebastian Bach's ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', which has a similar structure. The title refers to the Greek myth in which Theseus finds his way out of Minotaur's labyrinth using a ball of thread that Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, gave him. Similarly, the music in the collection can be said to guide the listener through a labyrinth of keys. Fischer also used Greek mythology to name the pieces in another large scale music collection of his, ''Musikalischer Parnassus''. The first edition of ''Ariadne musica'' was made in 1702 in Schlackenwerth. The work was reprinted several times during Fischer's life. The original print mentioned by Johann Gottfried Walther in ''Musicalisches Lexicon'' is now lost, but a manuscript copy survives. ==Pieces== 20 preludes and fugues: * Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C major * Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C-sharp minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in D minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in D major * Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in E-flat major * Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in E Phrygian * Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E Dorian * Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E major * Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in F minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in F major * Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F-sharp minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in G minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in G major * Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in A-flat major * Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in A minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in A major * Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in B-flat major * Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in B minor * Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in B major * Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in C minor 5 ricercars on chorale melodies, each connected with a specific Catholic event: * Ricercar pro Tempore Adventus, in C major (on ''Ave Maria klare'', for Advent) * Ricercar pro Festis Natalitys, in C major (on ''Der Tag der ist so freudenreich'', for Christmas) * Ricercar pro Tempore Quadragesimae, in A minor (on ''Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund'', for Lent) * Ricercar pro Festis Paschalibus, in D minor (on ''Christ ist erstanden'', for Easter) * Ricercar pro Festis Pentecostalibus, in F major (on ''Komm, heiliger Geist'', for Pentecost) All pieces are quite short, including a few really brief fugues (the seven bar A minor fugue being the shortest). Most are in common time, with a few exceptions (most notably the E Dorian fugue which is in 12/8). The preludes vary from pieces based on short simplistic toccata-like passages over long sustained chords (as in, for example, the C major and G major ones) to slightly more complex works with brief imitative passages like this one, from the end of the E-flat major prelude: The fugues are all in four voices, the only exception being the A-flat major with a fifth part doubling the octave in the last chord. Some are loosely connected thematically to the accompanying preludes. The ricercars all feature themes written in whole and half notes, the C major ''Ricercar pro Festis Natalitys'' being one notable exception with the theme composed mostly of quarter and eighth notes. Three are marked alla breve, ''Ricercar pro Festis Natalitys'' is in common time and the F major ricercar is in 3/2. ''Ricercar pro Festis Paschalibus'' was previously attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach and listed in the BWV catalogue as BWV 746, chorale prelude ''Christ ist erstanden''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ariadne musica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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