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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Toccata in G Major, BuxWV 164 Click to Listen [3:8]
Three sections, the first has some rapid ornamentation ending with an organ point over which first inversion arpeggios descend. The second section is like a fugue with a jaunty little subject and ends with sequential arpeggios, interrupted by section 3, with rapid fire scale passages followed by a calm ending. Instrument: The Casavant Frères organ (opus 2871) at St. George's Memorial Anglican Church Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (1966) - Samples by Ken Bales

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