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Bach or Buxtehude

Bach: 5 (62.5%)
Buxtehude: 3 (37.5%)

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m2r

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Bach or Buxtehude?

on: September 02, 2010, 02:15:21 AM

Who do you think is better Bach or Buxtehude? I find that Buxtehude is better simply because he was an elaborate fugal composer and his passacaglia in d minor is superb...I also read that Buxtehude was Bach's role modle. Any ways i want to hear from you.

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liordavid

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 03:18:10 PM

buxtehude by far. just looking at the score of buxtehude's passaglacia in d minor I can tell how much better it is than Bach's toccata and fugue in d minor just by looking at the score.

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djealnla

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 03:47:39 PM

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quantum

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 06:55:49 PM

BWV 565 is considered questionable by some scholars as to being penned by Bach.

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jlh

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #4 on: May 29, 2011, 08:49:57 AM

Buxtehude was a big influence on JS Bach.. in fact, he once walked 400 km just to hear Buxtehude play.

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djealnla

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #5 on: May 29, 2011, 09:05:03 AM

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #6 on: May 30, 2011, 09:37:41 PM

The vote is now 3-3, since I just voted for Bach. Two good reasons for that is Kunst der Fuge and Grosse Fuge. I have not listened to Buxtehude for a long time, so I have to do something about that.

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djealnla

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Reply #7 on: May 31, 2011, 03:30:47 AM

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casaet

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Re: Bach or Buxtehude?

Reply #8 on: May 31, 2011, 10:05:13 AM

I am referring to Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Bach did not give the name Grosse Fuge for this composition, it has just become a very usual name for it. Guess why.

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djealnla

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Reply #9 on: May 31, 2011, 10:15:30 AM

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Reply #10 on: May 31, 2011, 12:15:35 PM

My guess is, because it is a great piece of music. One of the greatest. But I have made a little mistake here. I never remember the BWV numbers, and I just discovered that both the BWV 565 (Grosse), and BWV 538 (Dorian), are named Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
I knew I had two organ versions of "Grosse", but a fast check revealed that I also have an organ version of the "Dorian".

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