BWV 565

[Zimbelstern]

For those who haven't already seen it, the current "Organists' Review" carries an article by Stuart Neame stating that there is statistical proof that Bach was, after all, the composer of the famous Toccata in D minor, BWV 565. Neame's very convincing hypothesis is that Bach wrote it as a teenager, deliberately making it appear to be an improvisation which he committed to memory and used when demonstrating the Arnstadt organ he had been commissioned to inspect, in order to impress the authorities there with his abilities in the hope that he might be appointed organist (which he was).

[Vox Humana]

I wonder what he would have thought of this.

[Zimbelstern]

His response might have been any one of the following:

 

Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5

 

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12

 

Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19

 

Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35p

 

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38

 

Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46

 

Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48

 

Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58

 

Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende, BWV 90

 

Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103

 

Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal, BWV 146

 

Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155

 

Komm, du süße Todesstunde, BWV 161

 

Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176

 

Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181

[Vox Humana]