New Fugue Subjects (Fugue Challenge II?)

I have the study of fugue aswell. I wouldn't advise studying Fux's method, nothing like modern fugue, much simpler, and consequently more difficult to understand to us, with our 'tonal conditioned' brains. The next bloke just gives a list of guidelines for good fugal writing, not really much of a method, may improve your fugal writing, but it certainly won't teach you fugue. The next chapter, an excert from the method of the bloke that taught Beethoven, deals with the chorale fugue and canon, and is interesting and informative, and I cannot remember anything at all about the last bloke and/or his book.

The book I'm waiting on is Amazon.com: Modal and Tonal Counterpoint: From Josquin to Stravinsky: Books: Harold Owen

I'd be glad to contribute a subject or two... (of course, that would require me to come up with a subject that can be workable as a fugue).

Anyone want to collect everyone's subjects and post 'em together, or shall it be a free-for-all?

Someone should collect them.

I volunteer to collect them. But maybe someone else is better fit, seeing that I won't be behind a pc from August 10th until the beginning of September.

In response to Mark, I also said earlier that I hoped that other forum members would also take the time and trouble to comment on the subjects and say, from experience, why some things work better than others, before we have a host of subjects of which some make good fugues and others seem to trap you after a while.

The learning experience is in knowing why some subjects trap you ;-).

Okay, if anyone is still interested, I think this thread is a good one and I open the floor to subjects!

I do not know whether this thread is still 'alive' or not - in any case, I'd like to post a set of fugue subjects I've used for practice over the years. These subjects were created with deliberate didactic intention by various 18-19th century masters. I've collected them from sources like old textbooks on counterpoint and manuscripts.

If someone is interested in it, I shall post another set of similar themes which, in my opinion, are suitable for practicing fugal writing.

Fugue themes_no1.pdf