The Fugue in C minor BWV 574b, a pivotal work from Bach's Arnstadt period, is based on a theme originally identified as 'Legrenzianum' but later discovered to be from Giovanni Maria Bononcini's Tenth Trio Sonata.
Composer Biography
At age 21, Johann Sebastian Bach undertook a four-month journey on foot to Lübeck to hear the famous organist Dietrich Buxtehude, an experience crucial to his artistic development.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Georg Böhm, Bach's mentor in Lüneburg, systematically expanded the stylistic foundations of organ music by integrating diverse genres, such as opera arias, hymns, and French suites, into his compositions and playing.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bach's early works were influenced by the 'stylus fantasticus,' a freely rhapsodic and virtuosic style of playing, particularly on the pedal organ, developed by North German masters like Buxtehude.
Compositional Technique
Bach's early harpsichord toccatas, including three on this album, redefined the genre by uniquely combining North and Central German, free and strict, and traditional and experimental stylistic elements.
Composition History
The 'Weimar Tablature,' discovered recently, contains the earliest surviving written evidence of Bach's handwriting: a copy of Dietrich Buxtehude's chorale fantasia 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein' from around 1698.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's second son, initially stated that Georg Böhm, an organist in Lüneburg, was his father's teacher, though he later revised this to simply 'the Lüneburg organist Böhm.'
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