Der Contrapunctus I aus der Kunst der Fuge (BWV 1080) als Vervollständigung der autographen Vorlage zur instrumentalen Klangrede

The "rhetorical analysis" is not only useful for analysis but also in the clarification of theoretical problems, as applied here to the following question. When compared to the first published version, is J.S. Bach's handwritten draft of The Art of the Fugue merely a not fully worked-out version of the fugue or is it "in a different way, an equally meaningful and complete work" (Hans Gunter Hoke)? The answer would be: The initial exposition ("declamatory section") in both versions consists of a pre- and a postlude; in the recapitulation ("Conclusio"), i.e. the last five bars of the published version, Bach combines both subjects of the first "declamatory section." He intimates this "declamatory goal" in both versions, but the solution only appears in the published version, in the five new bars.