Bibliografia essenziale
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080; Autograph, Originaldruck Faksimileausgabe, a c. del Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Band XIV, Leipzig, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1979.
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Die Kunst der Fuge für Cembalo (Klavier) BWV 1080 nach den Quellen, a c. di Davitt Moroney, München, G. Henle Verlag, 1989.
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, a c. di Klaus Hofmann, Band VIII e IX (Addenda), Kassel-Basel-London, Bärenreiter, 1989.
Basso, Alberto. Frau Musika. La vita e le opere di J. S. Bach, volumi I e II, Torino, EDT, 1979-1983.
Butler, Gregory. Ordering Problems in J. S. Bach's “Art of Fugue” Resolved, «The Musical Quarterly», LXIX (1983) 1, pp. 44-61.
Chailley, Jacques. L'ordre des morceaux dans L'Art de la Fugue, «Revue de Musicologie», LIII (1967) 2, pp. 110-36.
Chailley, Jacques. L'Art de la Fugue de J. S. Bach. Étude critique des sources. Remise en ordre du plan. Analyse de l'œuvre, Paris, A. Leduc, 1971.
Cori, Luca. Bach e L'Arte della Fuga, «Hortus Musicus», VIII-XV, XVII-XIX (2001-2004).
Corrias, Francesco – Sarcina Paola (a c. di). 
''L'Arte della fuga'' di Johann Sebastian Bach. Progetto di rielaborazione e completamento coordinato da Luciano Berio. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi (Spoleto, 23 marzo 2000), Spoleto, 2001.
Corten, Walter. Clefs numériques dans l'Art de la Fugue de J. S. Bach?, «Revue belge de Musicologie», XLII (1988), pp. 199-221.
Corten, Walter. ''Un renversement peut en cacher un autre'' ou un aspect inedit du Contrepoint 18 de L'Art de la Fugue, «Revue de Musicologie», LXXIII (1987) 2, pp. 203-26.
Dentler, Hans-Eberhard. L'arte della fuga di Johann Sebastian Bach, un'opera pitagorica e la sua realizzazione, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Ginevra-Milano, Skira, 2000.
Dirksen, Pieter. Studien zur Kunst der Fuge von Joh. Seb. Bach. Untersuchungen zur Entstehungsgeschichte, Struktur und Aufführungspraxis, Wilhelmshaven, Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, 1994.
Goncz, Zoltan. The Permutation Matrix in J. S. Bach's Art of Fugue. The Last Fugue Finished?, «Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae», XXXIII (1991) 1, pp. 109-19.
Leonhardt, Gustav M. The Art of Fugue: Bach's last harpsichord work, Den Haag, Martinus Nijhoff, 1952.
Rivera, Benito V. Bach's Use of Hitherto Unrecognized Types of Countersubjects in the ''Art od Fugue'', «Journal of the American Musicological Society», XXXI (1978) 2, pp. 344-62.
Stauffer, George. Bach as reviser of his own keyboard works, «Early Music», XIII (1985), pp. 185-98.
Wolff, Christoph (a c. di). 
Bach's «Art of Fugue». An Examination of the Sources. Seminar Report, «Current Musicology», XIX (1975), pp. 47-77.
Wolff, Christoph. Der stile antico in der Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs. Studien zu Bach's Spätwerk, Wiesbaden, Steiner, 1968.
Wolff, Christoph. Bach: Essays on His Life and Music, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1991.
Wolff, Christoph. Johann Sebastian Bachs 'Sterbechoral': Kritische Fragen zu einem Mythos, in 
Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Music in Honor of Arthur Mendel, a c.di R. L. Marshall, Kassel, Bärenreiter, 1974, pp. 283-97.
Wolff, Christoph. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Wolff, Christoph. Recovered in Kiev: Bach et al. a Preliminary Report on the Music Collection of the Berlin Sing-Akademie, «Notes», II serie, LVIII (2001) 2, pp. 259-71.
Wolff, Christoph. Zur Chronologie und Kompositionsgerichte von Bachs «Kunst der Fuge», «Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft», XXV (1983), pp. 130-42.
Yearsley, David. Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Sitografia
J. S. Bach Home Page: 
http://www.jsbach.org/
Kennedy Grimsted, Patricia. 
Bach Scores in Kyiv: The Long-Lost Music Archive of the Berlin Sing-Akademie Surfaces in Ukraine, Working Papers, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, 2001:
	
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/¯huri/work2.html. 
Informazioni sulla discografia completa relativa all'
Arte della fuga, articoli e links correlati: 
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/BWV1080.htm
Introduzione e analisi di contrappunti e canoni con esempi musicali: 
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/articles/artoffugue/index.shtml
Discografia
Roth Quartet					
1934	Columbia		Quartetto d'archi
		
R. Buhlig / W. Kuhnle			
1935	Pearl			2 Pianoforti	
H. Diener / Collegium Musicusm		
1935	Electrola		Consort		
F. Heitmann					
1936	Telefunken		Organo		
E. P. Biggs					
1937	Victor			Organo		
Scherchen / Orchester Radio Beromünster	
1949	Decca			Orchestra		
G. Johansen					
1950c.	Artist Direct		Cembalo		
F.Viderø					
1950c.	HS			Organo		
K. Ristenpart / Orchestra		
	1950c.	Christophorus		Orchestra		
K. Redel / Pro Arte Kammerorchester 
	1950c.	Telefunken		Orchestra		
G. Leonhardt					
1953	Vanguard		Cembalo		
I. Ahlgrimm / F. Bretschneider		
1953	Philips			Cembalo		
J. E. G. Dichler				
1954	Westminster		2 Pianoforti		
H. Walcha					
1956	Archiv			Organo		
L. Rogg					
1959	Angel			Organo		
A. Winograd / A. Winograd String Orch.	
1960	MGM Heliodor	Orchestra d'archi	
R. Barshai / Moscow Chamber Orchestra	
1960	HM Le Chant du Monde Orchestra
G. Gould					
1962	Sony			Organo	
	
G. Gould					
1967	Sony			Pianoforte		
G. Gould					
1980	Sony			Pianoforte		
Collegium Aureum				
1962	DHM Orbis		Quartetto d'archi / 2 Cembali	
S.Baron / Fine Arts Quartet & New York Woddwind Quintet 1962 Concert-Disc Consort	
Schneider					
1962c.	FSM			Organo		
Schuba					
	1962c.	Christophorus		Organo		
W. von Karajan / Ensemble W. von Karajan 	
1963	Schwann		Consort		
K. Münchenger / Stuttgart Chamber Orch. 	
1965	Decca			Orchestra		
H. Scherchen / L. Sgrizzi / Orchestre de La Radio-Television Suisse Italienne 
1965	Accord	Orchestra / Cembalo
H. Scherchen / H. Tachezi / Members of Vienna Radio Orchestra & Vienna Symphony Orchestra
1965	Westminster   Orchestra / Cembalo
H. Scherchen / K. Gilbert / CBC Toronto Chamber Orch.	
1965	Tahra	Orchestra / Cembalo
G. Malcom / Members of the Philomusica of London	
1965	Argo	Orchestra
G. Malcom / E. Köhler / The Thuringian Bach Orchestra	
1965c.	Baroque Music Club	Orchestra / Organo
K. Ristenpart / Chamber Orchestra of the Saar	
1966	Accord		Orchestra	
I. Ahlgrimm / F. Resele			
1967	Tudor			Cembalo		
J.-H. Köhler					
1967	Berlin Classics		Organo		
R. Travis / Radio-Sinfonieorch. Framkfurt	
1968	Hessischer		Orchestra
G. Leonhardt / B. van Asperen		
1969	Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Cembalo	
H. Hoffman					
1969	Pelca-Iramac		Organo		
E. Forsblom					
1973	Proprius Records	Organo		
Winschermann / Deutsche Bachsolisten	
1974	RCA			Consort		
Marriner / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields 
1974 Philips			Orchestra		
M.-C. Alain					
1974	Erato			Organo		
Los Angeles Saxophone Quartet		
1974	Protone		Saxophone		
Y. Takahashi					
1975	Columbia		2 Sintetizzatori		
W. Rübsam					
1976	Philips			Organo		
P. Scarpini					
1976	Diapason		Pianoforte		
L. Foss / California Boy's Choir / Sheffield Ensemble 
1977	Sheffield Lab	Coro e orchestra	
H. Tachezy					
1977	Telefunken		Organo		
M. Munclinger / Ars Rediviva Orch. Prague	
1979	Supraphon		Orchestra
Bell'Arte Ensemble				
1979	Bayer Records		Consort	
	
M. Ferguson					
1979	Pipedreams		Organo		
P. Carmielli / Maria Fülöp / P. Naegele / P. Muller	
1979	Sastruphon	Quartetto d'archi
L. Bagger					
1981	Titanic			Cembalo		
M. Azanjac / Hor Flauta			
1985	PGP / RTS Beograd	Flauti		
G. Sokolov					
1982	Opus 111		Pianoforte		
W. Stockmeier					
1983	Psallite			Organo		
M. Pommer / Neus Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig	
1983 Capriccio Orchestra	
Portland String Quartet			
1984	Arabesque		Quartetto d'archi	
	
R. Goebel / Musica Antiqua Köln		
1984	Archiv			Consort		
Z. Kocsis / F. Radas				
1984	Philips			Pianoforte		
D. Moroney					
1985	Harmonia Mundi France	Cembalo		
H. Zender / Radio-Symphonie-Orch. Berlin 
1985	Koch Swann		2 Pianoforti / Orchestra
Amsterdam Bach Soloists			
1985	Ottavo			Consort		
P. Borciani / E. Pegreffi / R. Poggi / L. Simoncini	
1985	Nuova Era	Quartetto d'archi		
J. Rolla / Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra	
1985	Hungaroton		Orchestra	
H.-J. Erhard / I. Goritzki			
1986-87 Hänssler Classics	Cembalo / oboe	
	
J. Savall / Hesperion XX			
1986	Astree			Consort		
Juilliard String Quartet				
1987	Sony			Quartetto d'archi		
R. Hill / B. Brookshire			
1987	Music & Arts		Cembalo		
Canadian Brass				
1987	Sony			Consort		
D. Lively					
1988	BNL Productions	Pianoforte		
C. Graf / H. Graf				
1989	Extraplatte		Pianoforte a 4 mani		
K. Gilbert					
1989	Archiv			Cembalo		
Berliner Saxophone Quartet			
1990	CPO			Saxophone		
E. Koroliov					
1990	Tacet			Pianoforte		
B. Harbach					
1990	Gasparo		Organo		
A. Blechinger					
1990	Esovision-Arcadia	Sintetizzatore		
E. Bergel / Philharmon. Orch. Cluj-Napoca	
1991	BMC			Orchestra	
T. Nikolayeva					
1992	Hyperion		Pianoforte		
W. Rübsam					
1992	Naxos			Organo		
M.-C. Alain					
1992	Erato			Organo		
J. Popelka / Z. Nemeckova			
1992	Bonton			Organo		
K.Golebiowski					
1992	Selene			Organo		
L.Thiry						
1993	Vox Humana		Organo		
A. Batagov					
1993	SoLyd Records		Pianoforte		
H. Wikman					
1993	Finlandia		Organo		
Köhler Violen-Consort			
1993	Prezioso		Quartetto di viole da gamba	
	
J.-C. Malgoire / La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy	
1993	K 617	Consort		
T. Koopman / T. Mathot			
1993	Erato			2 Cembali		
A. Corti					
1993	Antes			Organo		
T. Mechler					
1993	Solstice			Organo		
M. Alexander / F. Dayken			
1994	Connoisseur Society	Pianoforte a 4 mani		
A. Vieru					
1994	INA Memoire Vive	Pianoforte		
Modern String Quartet			
1994	Mood / Zweitausendeins Quartetto d'archi		
E. Feldbaek					
1994	Helikon		Organo		
V .Urponen					
1994	MILS			Organo		
B. Lagacè					
1995	Analekta		Organo		
J. MacGregor					
1995	Collins			Pianoforte		
H. Fagius					
1995	BIS			Organo		
H. Walther					
1995	Organum		Organo		
J. E. Christensen				
1996	Kontrapunkt		Organo		
V. Feltsman					
1996	MusicMasters		Pianoforte		
E. Aldwell					
1996	Biddulph		Pianoforte		
Keller Quartett				
1997	ECM			Quartetto d'archi		
Phantasm					
1997	Simax			Quartetto di viole da gamba		
T. Mechler					
1997	Organum		Pianoforte		
New Danish Saxophone Quartet		
1997	Kontrapunkt		Saxophone		
E. Koopman					
1997	Coronata		Organo		
J. Somero					
1997	Jubal			Pianoforte		
L. Zeigler					
1997	Calcante Recordings	Organo		
H. van Zonneveld				
1997	WISP			Cembalo / Organo		
G. Jena / St. Michaelis-Orchester		
1998	Verlag am Eschbach	Organo / Orchestra		
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet		
1998	Channel Classics	Quartetto di flauti		
R. Hill / M. Behringer				
1998	Hänssler Classics	Cembalo		
R. Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano		
1998	Opus 111		Consort		
K. Koito					
1998	Temperaments		Organo		
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass			
1998	Four Winds		Consort		
P. Jordan					
1999	Brioso			Organo		
G. Zacher					
1999	Aeolus			Organo		
C. Barbagelata / Ensemble Aglaia		
1999	Amadeus		Consort		
Trio 335					
1999	Equilibrium		Consort		
P. Rouet / J.-C. Leclere			
1999	Gallo			Organo		
J. Tuma / G. Luksaite-Mrazkova		
1999	Supraphon		Organo		
M. van Delft					
1999	Brilliant Classics	Cembalo		
H. Metzger					
1999	Mako Salzburg		Organo		
Delmé Quartet					
1999	Hyperion		Quartetto d'archi		
K. Jonsson					
1999	Maxrow Studios	Chitarra e sintetizzatore		
L. Kaiser					
1999	MDG			Organo		
R. Lauriala					
1999	Alba			Pianoforte		
Calefax Reed Quintet				
2000	MDG			Consort		
H. Breuer / Berliner Bach Akademie		
2000	Arte Nova		Organo e Consort		
A. Isoir						
2000	Calliope		Organo		
P. Dirksen					
2000	Loft Recordings	Cembalo		
D. Moroney					
2000	ABRSM		Cembalo		
U. Böhme					
2000	Motette Ursina		Organo		
B. Labadie / Les Violons du Roi		
2000	Dorian			Consort		
Wiener Saxophon-Quartett 			
2000	Appol Edition		Saxophone		
M. Okonsar					
2000	LMO Records		Cembalo e Organo		
Keller Quartett				
2000	Euro Arts		Quartetto d'archi		
M. Radulescu					
2001	Axiane			Organo		
W. Engels / Mgl.d. Philharm. Orch. Lübeck 	
2001	Marienkirche / Zenit   Orchestra		
Ens. L'arte della Fuga				
2001	The Classic Voice	Consort		
Scheidegger					
2001	Editio Clarino		Organo		
P. Dirksen					
2001-02 Bova Nova		Cembalo		
K. Bowyer					
2001	Nimbus Records	Organo		
Fretwork ( Viol Consort)			
2001	Harmonia Mundi	Consort		
P. Elyakim Taussig				
2001	Crystal Music		Disklavier		
R. Goede					
2001	Mitra			Organo		
B. Müller-Bohn				
2001	Private			Pianoforte		
K. Jonsson					
2001	Maxrow Studios	Sintetizzatore		
Wiener Saxophon-Quartett 			
2001	Apoll Edition		Saxophone		
C. Carey					
2001	Signum Records	Organo		
Quartetto Bernini				
2002	Amiata			Quartetto d'archi		
B. Hudson / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester	
2002	MonoPoly		Consort		
New century Saxophone Quartet		
2002	Channel Classics	Saxophone		
J. Eötvös					
2002	Artsjus			Chitarra		
Emerson String Quartet			
2003	Deutsche Gramm.	Quartetto d'archi		
Pi-Hsien Chen					
2003	C. Feldgen Music 	Pianoforte		
M. Ferguson					
2003	Birolius Editions	Organo		
W. Kläsener / Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke	
2003	KBG			Consort		
S. Guillot					
2004	Naxos			Cembalo		
H. Petermandl					
2004	Gramola		Pianoforte		
W. Riemer					
2005	ORF			Fortepiano		
R. Troeger					
2005	Lyrichord		Clavicordo		
T. Winge					
2006	Simax			Organo		
R. Bahrami					
2006	Decca			Pianoforte