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Toccata e fuga by ~King-Crow:iconKing-Crow:



Stuck in the organ pipes for a piece of Bach
A force colder and stronger than wind
Blasts through my bones
And my head reverberates
My skull rattles tucked into my skin
Into the heavens with the sound
Tossing me into the air, miles of brass
And I float down again with the still
A ghost umbrella seperated from hands
Zephyrs keep me up as each key is pressed
Until the pretenatural comes again
A gale shooting straight up
Through the pipes it roars
Crashings waves
In a distorted panorama
Inside this castle on the sea-cliffs
Sitting in a room without a roof
The man in coat and tails plays
Buffets the storm as if buffets the land
©2008-2009 ~King-Crow
:iconking-crow:

Author's Comments

Johhann Sebastian Bach was a genius, and in my opinion this piece is one of his best. And though researchers now believe it was originally intended as a piece for violin, it has to be heard on an organ for the sheer bombastic power of it. No wonder this song is associated with the frightening and charimsatic Dracula - the incarnation Bram Stoker gave us.

For a good recording check out Toccata e Fuga BWV 565 as played by Karl Richter. A good place to check is Youtube.com for quick listen.

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:iconlnin9:
well done piece...

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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Henry Miller
:iconking-crow:
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
:iconsparky-del-ireland:
wow, nin fans just keep popping up KC .
not to jump on the band wagon but I also thought this was great, even before that other guy -- even before you wrote it.

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Art Is Resistance
:iconadvisorc202:
Good writing! I agree Karl Richter has made some of the best recordings of Bach, unfortunately there are those researchers who believe the Toccata & Fuga wasn't written by Bach to begin with but of course we may never know the truth when it comes to that. At least there is a large catalogue of Bach's organ works I recommend you search for the Great prelude in c minor played by Xaver Varnus on Youtube.
:iconking-crow:
Thank you, and pardon the delay - I don't check this often.

And as far as Bach not writing the Toccata & Fuga, I usually have faith in the composers rather than researchers, as much as their theories may seem worthwhile. I was named after a composer myself, you see, and my brother is a composer.

Thank you for turning me onto that piece, it's quite beautiful. It's powerful, but not in the same sense as the Tocatta & Fuga - has a more steady, culminative effect.
:iconadvisorc202:
That's alright! I only checked it again now, If I knew you replied I would have been quicker.

I plan on uploading the rarest recordings ever made by Karl Richter to You tube soon. They are in fact his finest ones.

To me the name Richter is equally as important as Bach. :)

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Igne natura rennavator integra.....

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