Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian") |
| Alternative title | Dorisch |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer |
| Opus | BWV 538 |
| Instrumentation | organ |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | D minor |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1845 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Toccatas, Fugues |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
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| View | Complete | orchestra | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Franz Xaver Gleichauf |
| View | Complete | piano | Eugen d' Albert |
| View | Complete | piano | August Stradal |
| View | Toccata | piano | Ludwig Stark |
| View | Toccata | 2 violins, viola and cello | Russ Bartoli |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
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| View | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | — | Coventry & Hollier | — | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | — | — | — | Toccata Fugue Engraving files (Finale) |
| View | Complete | — | Bärenreiter | 1972 | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | Arrangement for orchestra |
— | — | Complete Score Complete Parts Engraving files (Finale) |
| View | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Robert Forberg | 1900 | Complete Score |
| View | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Schuberth & Co. | — | Complete Score |
| View | Toccata | Arrangement for piano |
Carl Simon | — | Complete Score |
| View | Toccata | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
Russ Bartoli | 2017 | score violin 1 violin 2 viola cello |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Evgeniy E. Moshkin, organ | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Helmut Walcha, organ | — | Toccata Fugue |
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| View | MIDI | For Organ (Composer) | Toccata Fugue |
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| View | MIDI | For Orchestra (Rondeau) | I. Toccata II. Fugue |
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