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 Post subject: Sonata by J.S. Bach?
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I'm wondering about the title of the piece in this video...



update: I just found the program notes, and its an organ chorale ("Wachet auf", BWV 645)

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The organist at my church performs this every once and a while. A lovely, stately, regal, and certainly very famous choral from Bach.

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It reminds me of D. Scarlatti's K 481 sonata.


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eves wrote:
It reminds me of D. Scarlatti's K 481 sonata.

Yes they opening theme in Scarlatti's has some similar features, though overall I'd say this is not a huge resemblance.

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Maybe more of an instrumental similarity there... and just when I thought I'd heard all of Bach's noteworthy pieces, another arrangement surprised me!

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Maybe more of an instrumental similarity there... and just when I thought I'd heard all of Bach's noteworthy pieces, another arrangement surprised me!

Well there must be a million third-party arrangements of JS Bach pieces that people would wish to regard as Bach's own. Personally I would discount them all and judge solely the originals.

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Methinks half of the credit for the appeal of a composer's work should go to the artists who perform/arrange it. I don't really enjoy organ for the most part.

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Rod Corkin wrote:
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Maybe more of an instrumental similarity there... and just when I thought I'd heard all of Bach's noteworthy pieces, another arrangement surprised me!

Well there must be a million third-party arrangements of JS Bach pieces that people would wish to regard as Bach's own. Personally I would discount them all and judge solely the originals.



I'd agree, for the most part....but what Webern does with the musical offering is damn cool.
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eves wrote:
Methinks half of the credit for the appeal of a composer's work should go to the artists who perform/arrange it. I don't really enjoy organ for the most part.



Where should I start?!!! :o If you like this piece, go listen to the Schubler Chorales....the whole set.
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I'd agree, for the most part....but what Webern does with the musical offering is damn cool.

Well 'The Musical Offering' needs all the help it can get.

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