I created this abbreviated version of the Toccata &
Fugue in D Minor (attributed to J. S. Bach as BWV 565)
for whimsical use during the Halloween time worship
service prelude. It is my intention that the organist
will don the appropriate costume (mask & cape) and
perform this short arrangement during prelude for the
“unsuspecting” pastor and the equally surprised
congregation.
the piece is scored in D minor. It is not in dorian
mode as the key signature supposes, as it was common
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I created this abbreviated version of the Toccata &
Fugue in D Minor (attributed to J. S. Bach as BWV 565)
for whimsical use during the Halloween time worship
service prelude. It is my intention that the organist
will don the appropriate costume (mask & cape) and
perform this short arrangement during prelude for the
“unsuspecting” pastor and the equally surprised
congregation.
the piece is scored in D minor. It is not in dorian
mode as the key signature supposes, as it was common
practice in the Baroque period to write in leading tone
accidentals rather than in the key signature. It begins
with a single-voice flourish in the upper ranges of the
keyboard, doubled at the octave. It then spirals toward
the bottom, where a diminished seventh chord appears,
built one note at a time. This resolves into a D major
chord, taken from the parallel major mode.
I created this arrangement for the Allen Digital Pipe
Organ (Organ Regristration Noted).
PARTITION