Author Topic: J.S. Bach, Toccata e Fuga and other pieces  (Read 47 times)

erik

  • Guest
J.S. Bach, Toccata e Fuga and other pieces
« on: November 08, 2007, 06:05:12 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_oIFy1mxM

Three melodies inside each other. Where did Bach get his inspiration and music???
« Last Edit: April 16, 2009, 06:34:21 AM by 829th »

nichi

  • Guest
Re: J.S. Bach, Toccata e Fuga
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 07:10:02 AM »
I love Bach.  Can't play your youtube here, and not sure off the top of my head which rendering this is, but I can say that when I played piano, I would get out my Bach books and muddle through his pieces. Never did them entirely up to speed, but there was something very unique about playing them. The left hand is playing as rigorous a melody as the right (unlike with other composers, who use the left hand as a "bass line", more or less). He converges the melodies, keeps up the momentum, and doesn't rest. It relentlessly plows on, and the effect, if I may say, is orgasmic.  On the surface the pieces seem intellectual and mathematical, but there is an underlying passion driving them (imho).

Offline daphne

  • Rishi
  • ******
  • Posts: 1560
Re: J.S. Bach, Toccata e Fuga
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2007, 01:33:24 PM »
Beautiful piece!
"The compulsion to possess and hold on to things is not unique. Everyone who wants to follow the warrior's path has to rid himself of this fixation in order not to focus our dreaming body on the weak face of the second attention." - The Eagle's Gift

Offline Michael

  • Administrator
  • Rishi
  • ******
  • Posts: 18284
    • Michael's Music Page
Re: J.S. Bach, Toccata e Fuga
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2007, 10:33:28 PM »
yes this is a famous piece - when i was young, in the army, i used to get stoned and play it full tilt on my quadraphonic.

erik

  • Guest
Re: J.S. Bach, Air on the G string
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2009, 06:33:03 AM »

 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk