In Bach's era, the pipe organ was one of the world's most technologically advanced instruments. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn ...

This spooky staple has long been associated with the horror genre, and was a go-to for scary films in the silent movie era. But what makes this work for the organ just so unsettling? Composed ...

But first, some background. The Toccata and Fugue is most commonly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but since the 1960’s, musicologists have opened the issue of authorship up for debate. And ...

Many folks would call Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor the ultimate piece of scary music, thanks to any number of horror movies and pop culture moments that have used its thundering organ sounds as ...

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque organ music ever written - with a particularly iconic opening Bach probably composed the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, ...

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Several individuals and groups have performed versions of J S Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, fusing together the original piece with different styles of music. One version of Bach’s Toccata and ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German musician and composer who wrote throughout the 18th Century. For most of his career, Bach worked as an organist and choirmaster at various churches throughout ...