Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
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| Composer Page | Bach, Johann Sebastian | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movements/Sections | 3 | ||
| Composition Year | by 1708? | ||
| Genre Categories | Toccatas; Fugues; For organ; Scores featuring the organ; For 1 player; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr) |
Performances
Recordings
Complete Performance
*#84101 - 9.63MB - 8:12 - 8.5/10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 9264x⇩
Mario4536
Mario4536
Toccata
*#99163 - 2.15MB - 3:07 - 8.0/10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 2206x⇩
MP3 file (audio)
Uploader: Firesong79 (14 April 2011)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Piano solo (Busoni)
Complete Performance
*#71567 - 8.51MB - 9:17 - 10.0/10 (5) - !N/!N/!N - 4600x⇩
Stefano Ligoratti (piano)
Milan: Stefano Ligoratti
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Synthesized/MIDI
Complete Performance
*#153846 - 8.92MB - 9:44 - 10.0/10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 208x⇩
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Uploader: Darrell Jacobi (20 November 2011)
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Scores
Organ Scores
Complete Score
*#01335 - 0.73MB, 9 pages - 6.5/10 (8) - V/V/V - 23638x⇩
Complete Score (alternate scan)
*#01135 - 0.59MB, 9 pages - 5.3/10 (3) - V/V/V - 5787x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Unknown
Uploader: Grandpianist (2 August 2006)
Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 15
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1867. Plate B.W. XV.
US CA JP UK DE FR - Dover (reprint)
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Complete score
*#129534 - 0.23MB, 17 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 2929x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Uploader: Pierre Gouin (25 September 2011)
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2007
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Toccata only
*#157441 - 0.10MB, 4 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 712x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Uploader: Pierre Gouin (28 November 2011)
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2009
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Piano 4 hands (Reger)
Complete score
*#29887 - 1.80MB, 28 pages - 2.0/10 (2) - V/V/V - 3215x⇩
PDF file, Scanned by Sibley Music Library
Uploader: Morel (27 March 2009)
Max Reger (1873–1916)
Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne, 1911. Edition S-8019. Plate A 334.
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For Piano solo (Brassin)
Complete Score
*#35054 - 0.66MB, 11 pages - 9.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 9781x⇩
Louis Brassin (1840–1884)
Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d. Plate 2895
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For Piano solo (Busoni)
Complete score
*#05963 - 1.04MB, 15 pages - 4.8/10 (5) - V/V/V - 7986x⇩
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900. Plate V.A. 1372.
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Complete Score
*#07747 - 1.11MB, 15 pages - 3.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 2967x⇩
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Uploader: Hobbypianist (13 June 2007)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. (1900). Plate EB 1371.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1996
US CA JP UK DE FR - Dover vol. (reprint)
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For Piano solo (Casal)
Complete score
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PDF file, Typeset by Federico Casal
Uploader: Federico Casal (18 December 2011)
Federico Alberto Casal
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High quality
For Piano solo (Herscher-Clément)
Complete Score
*#96353 - 0.34MB, 9 pages - No ratings - V/V/12 - 2229x⇩
Jeanne Herscher-Clément (1878-1941)
Paris: Max Eschig, n.d. Plate E. 136 D.
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For Piano solo (Jones)
Complete Score
*#164415 - 0.21MB, 13 pages - No ratings - !N/!N/!N - 307x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by P.A. Jones
Uploader: P.A. Jones (13 December 2011)
Philip Addison Jones - Contact
Philip Addison Jones
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For Piano solo (Philipp)
Complete Score
*#26204 - 0.95MB, 13 pages - 9.3/10 (3) - V/C/29 - 3362x⇩
Isidor Philipp (1863–1958)
Paris: Durand, n.d. (ca.1927). Plate D. & F. 11,105
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag all files]
For Piano solo (Reger)
Complete Score
*#106879 - 1.07MB, 18 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 1308x⇩
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Uploader: Icactus (25 June 2011)
Max Reger (1873-1916)
London: Augener, n.d.(1895). Plate 10564
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Performer's Edition (US users) — Petrucci-Merton (non-US users)
Complete Score
*#96355 - 0.80MB, 14 pages - No ratings - V/V/V - 1340x⇩
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1924. Plate E.D. 1075
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For Piano solo (Tausig)
Complete score
*#16143 - 1.82MB, 13 pages - 6.0/10 (1) - V/V/V - 3746x⇩
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Carl Tausig (1841–1871)
Clemens Schultze-Biesantz (1876–1935)
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 2296
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Books
Complete Book
*#172866 - 5.04MB, 73 pages - No ratings - C/C/C - 79x⇩
G. M. Kogan
Russian
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1937. Plate M. 15249 Г.
Comparision of the original organ version and the piano arrangements of Tausig, Brassin, Pabst and Busoni.
Non-Commercial Recordings
Commercial Recordings
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, Bach" (MP3 albums (US only), general composer works).
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General Information
| Work Title | Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | BWV 565 ; BC.J37 |
| Key | D minor |
| Movements/Sections | 3 |
| Year/Date of Composition | by 1708? |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | Organ |
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Misc. Comments
Bach's authorship of this work is disputed. One possible alternative author is Johann Peter Kellner


