r/bach

Please help! It sounds bad and I don’t know how to fix it! Ignore missed notes please. 🙏

Bach - Fuge in D-Dur / D Major, BWV 580 - Schnitger organ, Martinikerk, Groningen, Hauptwerk

Although this fugue has been attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach in the past, Bach's authorship of this work is uncertain. It has some nice moments, but also has some odd parts. I used a registration in which the reeds of this organ are most dominant.

Strictly speaking about fugues written for a single instrument, I believe there's only a few five-voice fugues:

• BWV 849 Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor from the WTC 1 No. 4
• BWV 867 Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor from WTC1 No. 22
• BWV 534 Prelude and Fugue in F Minor
• BWV 552 Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major
• BWV 547 Prelude and Fugue in C Major (which I've only heard of recently, it has a last-minute fifth entry towards the end).

And then of course for six-voice fugues, the formidable Ricercar a 6 (BWV 1079).

I'd love to hear if there's any others that may be hidden in ensemble works like what seems to be a five-voice fugue in Kyrie eleison (see 2:22 in the video) at the start of the Mass in B Minor (BWV 232).

Italian concerto 3rd mvt. Again relearning the most annoying part first.