Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Intricate organ music.

Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) is a classic work of organ music by the great composer. As with many works, particularly organ works, there is no autographed manuscript of BWV 565. Nonetheless, versions of the "original" manuscript yet persist and have been studied and imitated for years after publication. The title of the work is multi-fold and refers primarily to the progression of the music. The "toccata" refers to the free, expansive opening of the work, while the "fugue," the portion that Joyce draws parallels to, is representative of the fugal section in which the musical notes compete against one another both in succession and all at once.

Johann Sebastian Bach

IMSLP

http://imslp.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_minor,_BWV_565_%28Bach,_Johann_Sebastian%29

Felix Mendelssohn

1833 (Publication)

Aisha Chughtai

Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

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James Joyce: Fuga per canonem

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