German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was considered by many of his peers to be the supreme master of
counterpoint (compositional technique pitting note against note or melody against melody). This quality was expressly illustrated in his fugal compositions. In this excerpt from his famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, written in his early years as a court organist, Bach expands on the
toccata (short, intricately articulated keyboard movement) form in an elaborately constructed fugue.
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