The Art of Fugue (or The Art of the Fugue; German: Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080, is an incomplete work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Written in the last decade of his life, The Art of Fugue is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works.
| Librettist | (Original version 14 "Contrapuncti" 12 Fugues and 2 Canons [Contrapunctus IX and XII]) |
| Date of composition | 1750 (1742-1746; rev. 1748–1750) |
| First published | 1751 - Berlin: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
| Type | Fugue |
| Tonality | D Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 1080 |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge en ré mineur, BWV 1080 "The Art of the Fugue" Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge in re minore, BWV 1080 "The Art of the Fugue" Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge d-moll, BWV 1080 "The Art of the Fugue" |