Current Events > It may be Halloween, and as such the one day everyone is a fan of Bach

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Which we all should be anyway!!
In reality, it was just meant to be an exposition piece.

But that Chord, you know the one, the Diabolus in Musica was never used in this time.
Though he chose to just nail it to the wall. Bach did break, and rewrite many rules.

It is cool that the middle of this piece basically turns into a dance rhythm.
Anyway, here it is.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is pretty much the best piece of music ever written.

I been wondering, are these musics free? By which I mean if someone puts it in their game or show do they need to pay royalties or permission to anybody?

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I been wondering, are these musics free? By which I mean if someone puts it in their game or show do they need to pay royalties or permission to anybody?

kinda. The specific recording has its own copyright that you'll need permission to use, but you're free to just plug the notes into a synthesizer application and make your own recording because the composition is public domain.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is pretty much the best piece of music ever written.

Have you heard his Ricercare a 6

It's stunning, and he was kinda showing up Fredrick the Great who tested him to see if he could write a Fugue in four parts on a theme that he gave him, and in The Musical Offerings ((Das Musikalische Opfer)), among other things, he came back with a Fugue in 6 parts.
At a time when you did not mess with Fredrick the Great.

You would probably like his Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm.
Not the Bass never changes. It was also used in the Baptism scene in The Godfather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVoFLM_BDgs

It's hard to pick one of Bachs best works, there are so many.
But I have a few particular favorites.

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I been wondering, are these musics free? By which I mean if someone puts it in their game or show do they need to pay royalties or permission to anybody?

Very much so, nothing that old is copywritten.
And no, Bach isn't Classical, he was top-level Baroque.
Top-level composer of all time, In my and others' opinions as well.

Thanks for sharing, good listen

You're welcome!