Just agreed the wedding music

[streaky]

with the organist.

One piece in the "Hold" music (whilst waiting for YT & bride to arrive) will be:

Bach's Fugue in E minor, BWV 548b

Otherwise known as:

"The Wedge"

[wedget]

One piece in the "Hold" music (whilst waiting for YT & bride to arrive) will be:

Bach's Fugue in E minor, BWV 548b


i thought Bach's Fugue was in F minor...

>> Edited by wedget on Tuesday 15th June 15:49

[streaky]

wedget said:

i thought Bach's Fugue was in F minor.

IIRC, Bach wrote Fugues in C major, C minor, D major, D minor, E minor, F major, F minor, G minor and A minor. Of course, BWV 999 starts in C minor and ends in G major.

Are you perchance referring to BWV534b, where the Prelude is thought by some to be either the work of Johann Christian Kittel or of Bach's eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann?



Streaky

[wedg1e]

Perchance he was thinking of the Fugue that follows Toccata?

[streaky]

wedg1e said:

Perchance he was thinking of the Fugue that follows Toccata?

Humm! Bach wrote three Toccata and Fugue:
* Toccata and Fugue in D minor "Dorian" (BWV538) - which I wanted at the wedding, but the organist declined ;
* Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV565); and
* Toccata and Fugue in E (BWV566).

Also a Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C (BWV564)



Streaky

[streaky]

I know I started this, but how did the Wedge Forum get to be the Bach Appreciation Society? - Streaky

[wedget]

I think toccata was an exelent tune but only by the 70s group SKY, Kick ass tune, Fu£k Bach...big girls blouse....

[wedg1e]

Ah yes, the one I meant was T & F in D Minor (as ripped-off by 'Sky'). The recording I have (on the Cirrus label) was performed by John Scott on the St. Paul's Cathedral organ. How the hell they got London to be so quiet remains a mystery. I like to blast it out when the kids are knocking on doors on Halloween....

Ian

[streaky]

Wonderful piece, the "Dorian", very inventive.

But, if you're trying to scare people (or kids, who do not count as "people"), try Wagner!

Streaky