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Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ, BWV 565
The Toccata and Fugue in B minor is, perhaps, the most famous piece
ever written for the organ. This unique work starts with a free form, devoid
of any structure or definite order called toccata. Later, begins the more
organized fugue, in which a theme recurs every time in a different voice.
But the impressive, roaring opening that became this piece's most prominent
feature, also testifies to a kind of search for a direction and improvisation
continued until the loud chords.
There
are substantial suspicions about the work's being not originally written
by Bach. Some note stylistic differences and use of pedal that was not
customary for him, and some see differences between some of Bach's other
known pieces, found in his own handwriting, and this one. In any case,
and even if the work was originally intended for the violin, as one hypothesis
says, this is a magnificent work of art, one that Bach would have been
proud to find out how loved it is, to this very day.
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