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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Praeludium in F Major, BuxWV 145 Click to Listen [5:51]
The most arresting feature of this "prelude" is a fugue on a simple repeating major second, showing how the simplest materials can be made into virtuosic sounding displays. MeanTone-FifthComma Temperament. Instrument: The van Peteghem-organ of Haringe, Flandres (1778) - Samples by Hauptwerk.nl

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