Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Bach's era, the pipe organ was one of the world's most technologically advanced instruments. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via ...

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, ...

Tom Service explores fugues, trying his hand at Bach's Fugue in C minor from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier and getting tips from harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani. Show more Tom Service looks at ...

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 ...

Each weekday morning during the 7 am hour, WQXR introduces a featured recording of music by J.S. Bach, which will be made available as a free podcast.

Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: no 1, Johann Sebastian Bach; Fugue in F minor Alessandro Scarlatti; Fugue for Organ in C major, BuxWV 174 "Gigue" Dietrich Buxtehude; Fugues or Voluntaries (6) for Organ ...

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 ...

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Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn night. As the door opens, an organ pierces through the thick silence and echoes through the cavernous halls. The tune that comes to many minds ...