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    The toccatas represent Bach's earliest keyboard compositions known under a collective title. The earliest sources of the BWV 910, 911 and 916 toccatas appear...
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    written as a toccata. Another contemporary composer who has written many toccatas is Emma Lou Diemer. In addition to several toccatas for organ, she has...
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    used at the Bach-digital website D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 345. Apart from indicating his first published keyboard composition as Opus 1, Bach did not use...
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    The Partitas, BWV 825–830, are a set of six keyboard suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach, published individually beginning in 1726, then together as...
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    (BWV 903). Among Bach's lesser known keyboard works are seven toccatas (BWV 910–916), four duets (BWV 802–805), sonatas for keyboard (BWV 963–967), the...
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    Hilgenfeldt considers the Toccata and Fugue in F major the most accomplished of Bach's toccatas for organ. In Karl Hermann Bitter's 1865 Bach biography, BWV 565...
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  • Keyboard works (Klavierwerke) by Johann Sebastian Bach traditionally refers to Chapter 8 in the BWV catalogue or the fifth series of the New Bach Edition...
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    Goldberg-Variationen), BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First...
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    ISBN 978-1571133311 Williams, Peter (1980), The Organ Music of J. S. Bach: Volume 1, Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias, Fugues, Sonatas, Concertos and Miscellaneous Pieces...
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  • Johann Pachelbel (category Composers for pipe organ)
    notes. Although a similar technique is employed in toccatas by Froberger and Frescobaldi's pedal toccatas, Pachelbel distinguishes himself from these composers...
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    (1866–1924) containing primarily piano transcriptions of keyboard music by Johann Sebastian Bach. They also include performance suggestions, practice exercises...
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    Girolamo Frescobaldi (category Composers for harpsichord)
    book of toccatas (1615–6), ricercars and canzonas (1615), the cappricios (1624), the second book of toccatas (1627), and a volume of canzonas for one to...
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    stop. Bach also wrote compositions that use the pedal for dramatic virtuoso displays of scales and figurated passage-work in preludes, toccatas, fantasias...
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    d'Or (FR), ***** Classica (FR). Volume 5: Toccata - Weimar 1708-1717 - Toccatas BWV 565, 910, 911, 916; Toccatas & Fugues BWV 538, 540; Preludes and fugues...
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  • Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV; lit. 'Bach works catalogue'; German: [ˈbax ˈvɛrkə fɛrˈtsaɪçnɪs]) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach...
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  • the original keyboard works of J. S. Bach. The competition aims to encourage competitors to demonstrate stylistically well-developed Bach interpretations...
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    keyboard works are playable on both pipe organ and harpsichord, the exceptions are four dance suites composed for harpsichord and two organ toccatas:...
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  • Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852, is a keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the seventh prelude and fugue in the first book...
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    Dieterich Buxtehude (category Composers for harpsichord)
    phantasticus. They were undoubtedly among the influences of J.S. Bach, whose organ preludes, toccatas and fugues frequently employ similar techniques. The preludes...
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  • of the toccata form, which has been used by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann. Other composers of well-known toccatas include...
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    The Partita for keyboard No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830, is a suite of seven movements written for the harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was published...
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    the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Both works are exceptional and therefore particularly popular compositions in Bach's keyboard music. This...
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    Glenn Gould (category Bach musicians)
    of the 20th century, renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical...
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  • Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 inventions, which are two-part contrapuntal...
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  • His contemporaries included Anton Cajetan Adlgasser. Eberlin composed toccatas and fugues, masses including the Missa secundi toni, cantatas, a Requiem...
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  • This article lists the fugal works of Johann Sebastian Bach, defined here as the fugues, fughettas, and canons, as well as other works containing fugal...
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  • transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach date from his second period at the court in Weimar (1708–1717). Bach transcribed for organ and harpsichord a number...
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  • Jerome Lowenthal. @Bach (2011) J.S. Bach Toccatas BWV 910-916 (2013) J.S. Bach English Suites (2018) J.S. Bach French Suites (2018) J.S. Bach Organ Sonatas...
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    Digital/Sony Bach Favorite Organ Works, QK 62385, 1992 Bach: Goldberg Variations, QK 625882, 1996 Bach: Toccatas, 1996 Kelos Bach: Great Works for Organ –...
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    Eight Short Preludes and Fugues (category Preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach)
    of works for keyboard and pedal formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. They are now believed to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, possibly...
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