Movements:
1. Contrapunctus 1
2. Contrapunctus 2
3. Contrapunctus 3
4. Contrapunctus 4
5. Contrapunctus 5
6. Contrapunctus 6
7. Contrapunctus 7
8. Contrapunctus 8
9. Contrapunctus 9
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Movements:
1. Contrapunctus 1
2. Contrapunctus 2
3. Contrapunctus 3
4. Contrapunctus 4
5. Contrapunctus 5
6. Contrapunctus 6
7. Contrapunctus 7
8. Contrapunctus 8
9. Contrapunctus 9
10. Contrapunctus 10
11. Contrapunctus 11
12. Contrapunctus inversus a 4 (forma inversa)
13. Contrapunctus inversus a 4 (forma recta)
14. Contrapunctus inversus a 3 (forma recta)
15. Contrapunctus inversus a 3 (forma inversa)
16. Canon alla Ottava
17. Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
18. Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla Quinta
19. Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu
20. Fuga a 3 soggetti

A cycle of fugues and canons on a common theme. The ordering and inclusion of mirror versions vary between editions and performances; the final fugue is unfinished. Chorales added in some concert programmes are excluded from this outline.
Original title: Die Kunst der Fuge.

Dating is not uniform: alongside 1742-1750, ~1736-1750 is also proposed. These datings may refer to different stages of composition or versions.

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