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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Fuga in G Major, BuxWV 175 Click to Listen, [3:2] (A=465)
Fugue in 3 voices and 3 sections. The first uses a carefree subject with 8 entrances, some with modified rhythm on the first note; the second inverts the subject and also has 8 entrances; the third mixes both forms of the subject, with 7 entrances of each, sometimes in a quasi-stretto. Registration: Section 1 is played on the Hinterwerk (Gedacktes 8' + Rohrfleute 4' + Qvinta 1 1/2' + Zymbeln 2 Fach); Section 2 is played on the Hauptwerk (Principal 8' + Octva 4' + Octava 2'); Section 3 is played on the Hauptwerk coupled to the Hinterwerk. Instrument: Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

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