Abstract. The manuscript of A. K. Glazunov’s educational fugues (National Library of
Russia, F. 187, N 642) is an important document refl ecting the creative ideas of the young
composer at the fi nal stage of his musical education (summer 1881). Two elements of the
manuscript stand out: rewriting a fragment of one of the fugues from J. S. Bach’s “Well-
Tempered Clavier” and beginning to record the themes in all major and minor keys. Vari-
ous forms of work – from composing themes to entire compositions — reveal Glazunov’s
understanding of J. S. Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” as a voluminous – both instructive
and creative – source.
Keywords: educational works of A. K. Glazunov, “The Well-Tempered Clavier”, fugues
of J. S. Bach
