Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 17:02:14 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 19:34:19, Stuart Cracraft wrote: >I used to play a lot of Bach secular organ music in churches and >it is really fascinating music, my favorite. I couldn't agree more. Bach is by far my favorite composer, and his secular organ music is arguably what I like most of all. I wish I could play it myself, and occasionally consider trying to learn to play church organ. >I do not see why Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is not representative. I think >it is very Bach. I played it thousands of times along with much of Bach's >other music. Don't be fooled by the greatness of the simplicity of the >Toccata. It does not make it "not representative". It *is* representative. You might be surprised to learn that some scholars even doubt its authenticity. I don't remember a lot of references right now, but a Google search revealed the following article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05303/597490.stm There isn't a lot of information there, but probably enoug to serve as a starting point. >Yes, those were beautiful pieces. The "Gigue" fugue, the "Little" fugue, >the "Great" A-Minor, and so on. My own favorites is the Passacaglia, the "St. Anne" Prelude and Fugue, and the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor. But there's lots of other great stuff, of course, including all the ones you mention. >I still have all the music. I am considering >taking down my breakfront in the living room and erecting either a pipe >organ or a large electronic organ some day, on the north wall, just to play >Bach. Sounds cool. I am almost tepted to do the same, but it would make it even harder to find space for a dual-CPU computer to help me develop a parallel version of my engine (that was a lame attempt to make this post on-topic). Tord
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