Liszt, Franz : 6 praeludium und fuge für orgel S.462 R.119
Work Overview
Publication Year：1852
Instrumentation：Piano Solo
Genre：Reduction/Arrangement
Total Playing Time：57 min 20 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : Takasu, Hiroshi
Last Updated: January 1, 2010
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Author : Takasu, Hiroshi
A masterpiece among J.S. Bach's organ works, it can be described as a Central German-style Orgelpunkt toccata. The Prelude, characteristic of Bach, a master organist, includes rapid passages and builds up by successively adding voices, reaching up to five parts. The four-voice Fugue masterfully integrates the youthful dynamism and intensity characteristic of his early works with a sense of ordered form. The piece concludes brilliantly with a free, improvisatory coda.
It was likely Franz Liszt (1811-1886), arguably the greatest pianist in music history, who first attempted to perform Bach's magnificent organ music, including the pedal parts, solely with two hands on the piano. Liszt's skill in meticulously transcribing the original work for piano makes it seem as if it were originally composed for the piano.
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