Hah! Right! The first four notes are actually C-H-B-A (the "worm" variant, as one of my composition teachers used to call it) up a semitone. Nice catch.

Christopher


On Sat May 29, at SaturdayMay 29 9:47 AM, Guy Hayden wrote:

So far no one has mentioned that the fugue subject is a version of B-A-C-H
(transposed) so I do.

Guy Hayden

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On Fri May 28, at FridayMay 28 9:10 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:


On May 27, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:


Now, the fugue from "Cool" in West Side Story, I would have to
check it again, but I think I remember that it is actually 12
tone. I might be wrong, or maybe it just isn't strict, but I seem
to have a memory...

Christopher


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