Toccata and Fugue

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“It is said that Bach for its time was the best in the world running the body. They say that a frànces boasted of being the best and pregonaba it. To solve the problem, a musician proposed both a publi...”
“It's incredibly ironic that this piece draws so many enthusiasts to Bach's repertoire, as many scholars dispute his authorship. Nevertheless it is a great and unique composition in many ways.”
“This piece I hear it always, because it is my favorite of J. Sesbastian Bach, I have heard it from the Toccata to complete flight (duration is 9:15) this also I have heard that it is the most listened...”
“This work is a Summit of world music. Something has been trans crita for Orchestra by Leopold stokowsky, piano by taussig and bussoni.The inclusion of this Toccata in movie fantasy of disney was a gre...”
“Men only touched with the finger of God are capable of producing such great works. Toccata and Fugue in d minor, is extravagance, put it this way, because I did not find another nickname, to refer to ...”
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“a piece of deep sensitivity in referring to a dark side but an odd delicacy. so it is considered the greatest master of the music world's all time that has passed and you still have to spend gree...”
“I am extremely grateful for this wonderful piece to remember the film fantasy, where is played by the Orchestra of Leopold Stowoski, the best of all the captain nemo, touches on the organ of nautilus ...”
“It is the musical work that most excites me and makes me love deeply J.S.BACH. Particularly the attack, incredibly majestic, led me to ask, how could a human mind create a similar thought.”
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About Toccata and Fugue

The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music written, according to its oldest extant sources, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). The piece opens with a toccata section, followed by a fugue that ends in a coda. Scholars differ as to when it was composed. It could have been as early as c. 1704. Alternatively, a date as late as the 1750s has been suggested. To a large extent, the piece conforms to the characteristics deemed typical of the north German organ school of the Baroque era with divergent stylistic influences, such as south German characteristics.
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