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The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a composition for organ by, according to the oldest sources, German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and is one of the most widely recognisable works in the organ repertoire. [1]
Toccata and Fugue may refer to several classical compositions attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – the best known "Toccata and Fugue", for organ; Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 a.k.a. Dorian, for organ; Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 – for organ
The first page of J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Toccata (from Italian toccare, literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally ...
The Toccata (as a prelude) is proportionally the largest of all Bach's works in the format of prelude-fugue. It is often treated as a show piece, with the ensuing fugue omitted. The Toccata's rhythmic signature suggests a passepied or a musette, although the large scale of the movement does not support these characterizations.
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The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach.Like the better-known BWV 565, BWV 538 also bears the title Toccata and Fugue in D minor, although it is often referred to by the nickname Dorian – a reference to the fact that the piece is written without a key signature – a notation that leads one to assume the Dorian mode [citation needed].
BWV 537 – Fantasia (Prelude) and Fugue in C minor; BWV 538 – Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian") BWV 539 – Prelude and Fugue in D minor; BWV 539a – Fugue in D minor (see BWV 1000 for the lute arrangement, movement 2 of BWV 1001 for the violin arrangement) BWV 540 – Toccata and Fugue in F major; BWV 541 – Prelude and Fugue in G major
Another piece listed as Bach's was also known as Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and was equally entitled to the "Dorian" qualification. It was that piece, BWV 538, that received the "Dorian" nickname, that qualifier being effectively used to distinguish it from BWV 565. Most score editions of BWV 565 use the D minor key signature, unlike Ringk's ...