Samenvatting

As a Jazz and Classical Saxophone player, I sought to combine both worlds in my own compositions. As an admirer of Bach, I chose to combine the fugue as a form and compositional tool with Jazz to create an own original Jazz-fugue. This thesis seeks to find ways how to incorporate the form of Classical fugues into Jazz and how to compose an original Jazz-fugue.

Through analysis of existing literature on the history and theory of Classical fugues, knowledge has been gained to be able to understand what a fugue is, what its characteristics are and how to compose a Classical fugue. Through analysis of three different Jazz-fugues and the three Classical fugues they are related to, information has been gained on how to fuse a Classical fugue with Jazz.

Through different exercises and with the knowledge gained from the literature review and analysis, an original Jazz-fugue was created as a result of this master’s thesis.