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The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a composition for organ by, according to the oldest sources, ... Ringk's copy abounds in Italian tempo markings, ...
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.
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 second movement is again in two sections, one marked Adagio and another marked Grave. The insertion of a middle slow movement in an organ work was unusual for Bach, although traces of this idea can be found in other works from the same period: for example, a surviving early version of Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545, contains a slow Trio, which was removed from the final version, but ...
Weak Support I must echo NS's concern for tempo above. It does seem reasonably fast. That said it's played beautifully. ... Toccata_et_Fugue_BWV565.ogg--Ottava Rima ...
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 ...
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