Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great"
Johann Sebastian Bach (orch. Boyd)
Year: c. 1720 / 1985
Original Medium: Organ
Publisher: LudwigMasters Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $12.00
1. Fantasia – 6:35
2. Fugue – 5:05
One of the many great masterpieces by J.S. Bach, these transcribed organ works (known as "The Great" Fugue) are wonderful pieces to hear and play. Carefully edited for the colors available in wind bands, the works (most likely independently composed) offer lush chorales, hints of chromaticism, and, of course, the exciting dovetailing of many voices as the classic fugue unwinds until, finally, it concludes in a welcome cadence.
- Program Note from publisher
The Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, is an organ prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. It acquired that name to distinguish it from the earlier Little Fugue in G minor, which is shorter. This piece is not to be confused with the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, which is also for organ and also sometimes called "the Great".
Florida: VI
Michigan Senior High AA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Paul, conductor) – 8 October 2017
McGill University (Montreal, Que.) Wind Symphony (Alain Cazes, conductor) – 25 January 2017
Buchholz High School (Gainesville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Alexander Kaminsky, conductor) – 6 March 2014 (ABA 2014 Annual Convention (Montgomery, Alabama))
Troy University Symphonic Band (Joseph W. Hermann, conductor) – 1 February 2013
Bach, J.; Boyd, J. (1985). Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542: "The Great". Ludwig Music: Cleveland.
Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, Wikipedia
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