Comments on: Are you sure about that? http://www.weareoca.com/music/are-you-sure-about-that/ The Open College of the Arts Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.weareoca.com/music/are-you-sure-about-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Andrew Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:30:03 +0000 http://www.weareoca.com/?p=939#comment-1117 Thanks for the response, David. I was aware of the doubts over the composer of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor but hadn't realised the questions extended to the title and key as well. And isn't it ironic that the Toccata and Fugue - just like the Trumpet Voluntary - are among the most popular pieces of JS Bach (and Purcell). Thanks for the mention of Jehan Alain. I don't know this piece but will certainly look into it. From what you say, it sounds like a good parallel to the Brahms attribution of Haydn(i.e. a genuine mistake)? Thanks for the response, David. I was aware of the doubts over the composer of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor but hadn’t realised the questions extended to the title and key as well. And isn’t it ironic that the Toccata and Fugue – just like the Trumpet Voluntary – are among the most popular pieces of JS Bach (and Purcell).

Thanks for the mention of Jehan Alain. I don’t know this piece but will certainly look into it. From what you say, it sounds like a good parallel to the Brahms attribution of Haydn(i.e. a genuine mistake)?

]]> By: David Hitchin http://www.weareoca.com/music/are-you-sure-about-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 David Hitchin Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:44:17 +0000 http://www.weareoca.com/?p=939#comment-1116 See "A Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ by J S Bach", a contribution to "Early Music" vol9, pp330-337, by Peter Williams, in which he argues (1) that it was not originally called "A Toccata and Fugue", (2) that it was originally in A minor, (3) that it wasn't written for the organ and (4) it probably wasn't by J S Bach. Consider also Jehan Alain's "Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin", where Janequin was not the author of the theme. See “A Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ by J S Bach”, a contribution to “Early Music” vol9, pp330-337, by Peter Williams, in which he argues (1) that it was not originally called “A Toccata and Fugue”, (2) that it was originally in A minor, (3) that it wasn’t written for the organ and (4) it probably wasn’t by J S Bach.

Consider also Jehan Alain’s “Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin”, where Janequin was not the author of the theme.

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