Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565' is a piece of organ music written according to its oldest extant sources by Johann Sebastian Bach. The piece opens with a toccata section, followed by a fugue that ends in a coda.
This iconic piece has become common in popular culture.
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[@netowl3922]

what stuns me, is the complexity and beauty of the piece... in popular culture, its known as a piece for scary movies, but it was written as a church piece. An offering to God.

[@damianlopez7630]

Yes. You are Right.

[@damienx0x]

It's not known as a piece for scary movies unless the listener is very ignorant.

[@deaustin4018]

Handel, particularly the Messiah, is used to sell everything from cars to potato chips - a bit more obvious and irritating misinterpretation of the music's intent.

[@AdamAtrocity17]

@@damienx0x It definitely possesses a deeply haunting and rather terrifying sound.

[@asintonic]

Yes you are right. He was a Catholic and arranged those pieces to be played in a Catholic church.

[@jackcarraway4707]

Heavy metal's ancestor.

[@Michael-bt6ht]

Bach was underrated believe it or not. I one gives him his true credit, which is he not only utilized harmonic minor 300 years before heavy metal bands of the 2000s ( besides malmsteen and some others) but he was THE ancestor of jazz. I’m sorry to say but current history is incorrect. African Americans didn’t come up with jazz and blues at all. If they want to say they did they must say it was from Bach. If you don’t like ” colonization” of music like whites using black song then don’t let one race do it then. Bach create djazz before jaz too. Sure it was trumpet or trad jazz exactly but he used tritone subs way before Charlie Parker’s great great great great great great grandfather was born. He also he used jazz cadences before they were created. He used counterpoint they see in jazz, etc. it was all from bach. Blues, metal, jazz , it all comes form bach but current woke culture and before work culture will never admit that a white German was the greatest musical mind that will ever exist, greater than everyone else. Bach is 1000 Mozart and still surpasses. Why you ask? Because bach was so pure and so imbued by the genius tone of nature he created at one point, the nexus for all and every music that will ever exist because his music holds the key firmament of which any music may come from, from his pure tone, bach created all. -straight from my heart. If you have a brain you share this truth, for the seekers of darkness and lie will spread lies to destroy the other, the truth will shine in its original color

[@rolandgunslinger37]

Very much so!

[@cyberneticsquid]

@@Michael-bt6htThat, uh, seems a bit extreme...

[@FarmersAreDummies]

@@Michael-bt6ht Cite your sources, right-wing trailer monkey. I'll wait.

[@FarmersAreDummies]

another thorn in country music's side, haha

[@jeannadriver9552]

As a horror movie fan, I've been looking for YEARS to find this full piece! At age 69, I have AT LAST found it! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! 🧛🏻‍♀🧛🏻‍♀

[@silkysilk6883]

i’m sorry but you seem to be extra-uneducated if you dont know this litttt how you can live till 69 and not knowing Bach.

[@scottj.kimball8527]

Same here!

[@raitisstrautmanis8761]

Bach for ever ❤

[@TAZAR_II]

No matter how far down into the darkness of the abyss you go there will always be light if you have ears.

[@simoncardie9371]

The original prog rock. This is my favourite piece of all time.

[@svetamagnitskaya]

...там звучал орган старинный, ре-минором ранил сердце... перекресток звездных линий, вечной музыки наследство... в темно-синем полумраке роза мира расцветала, красотой чудесных звуков в небесах благоухала... бесконечностью созвездий мир вселенной проявлялся... вместе с музыкой небесной СВЕТ божественный остался...

[@martamarta4933]

Что это за прекрасное произведение ?

[@pinocesi8402]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Elena-sr9py]

Cette piece me rappelle un de mes plus beaux souvenir de petite fille de huit ans environ,quand mon oncle m a demandé de m assoir pres de lui dans une magnifique basilique ou il donnait un concert,je sens les vibrations qui ont envahi tout mon corps et mon âme, maintenant je suis âgée et ce moment m emporte encore dans un magnifique espace de bien-être et de grâce ❤

[@lui352games]

1700: Oh, european song 2010+: The best halloween song ever

[@kennymccormick27362]

The Blue Lobster

[@Badgersj]

Gorgeous, but I think the video is wrong. It's not about death and horror, but life, hope, beauty and magnificence - think stars, waterfalls, rain, the droplets on a flower petal.

[@FarmersAreDummies]

It's not October until you've heard this masterpiece.

[@lauraartis5452]

I'm listening now in September. I guess I'm in the mood for spooky season early.

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

listening to this in December 😅

[@AggressiveMenace]

Listening to this in April 30th... Heh.

[@De_mitaSiburian-uw7xs]

🎉🎉🎶😪

[@CraigHart-sq7mz]

Bach rules. 🎶

[@hermeschase4113]

2:50 This part in speciffic transports me all the way back to Final Fantasy 6, Dancing Mad, Movement 3 lol

[@adamdesanti6713]

I'm sure Nobuo Uematsu was heavily inspired by this piece.

[@brunol8769]

Oh Monsieur Constantini .... une pure merveille d'interprétation ... les larmes ont coulé sur mes joues ... merci ❤

[@shadowthehedgehog809]

I would only learn how to play the organ so I could play this on a really old one with exaggerated expressions with my hands when people come to my house and if they walk into the room I'm playing it in I would just say "Ahh I've been expecting you"

[@randystache78]

Your comment deserves more like. 👍👍👍

[@random_an0n]

cringe af you fantasize and never do anything if you could learn the organ or any instrument you dont stop at 1 song,and to learn this you would need to master a bunch of easier songs,this is quite complex if you spent less time being edgy and dreaming of shit and actually learned you would be playing this.STOP BEING CRINGE

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

Classic comment! I would only add that I can play the organ but I cannot play this, it's way past my ability, and I would imagine past many people's abilities.

[@holyrolypoly]

@@davidwolstenholme6413 I have a sister who plays the organ, and she says that as far as pieces go, this one actually isn't too technically complicated.

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

@holyrolypoly then I can only say congratulations to your sister, she is clearly way beyond my capabilities. I guess she can read music, which I cannot, I play entirely by ear.

[@marcpennington8455]

What planet did this guy come from and I wonder where he hid his spaceship? Otherworldly if ever there has been such a thing! Goosebumps everytime I crank this up with headphones! Wow

[@LovelySoftSnow]

a little planet called germany

[@walterfechter8080]

For the Captain Nemo and the Phantom of the Opera in all of us.

[@user-be8wr4jj1q]

Супер божественная музыка великого композитора нашей эпохи 🙂😋😎😀

[@user-ff1cp5lt9n]

нашей ??

[@carloscrack3]

​@@user-ff1cp5lt9n😢

[@_ukraine2189]

Вашей

[@GalinaNikolaevna-ik1ir]

😊

[@UnimatrixOne]

Gänsehaut - jedesmal!

[@noelmeerjans3688]

Da hast du recht

[@sourashisadhikary251]

Ja Ich bin angst

[@Memer_O5]

WE MAKIN IT OUT THE VAMPIRES MANSION WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FarmersAreDummies]

or into it, oh yeah!

[@sarahmeeder4169]

This gives a taste of the fierce power, majesty, and glory of God my father!! Forget the horror. Reflect that this same God loves you unconditionally and wants you to respond to his knocking on your heart❤

[@larryc3860]

Amen ! ❤........

[@javierd.d]

04:30H en la madrugada, 10000 personas en Santa Marta de Tormes. Comienza la sesión del DJ en total oscuridad y silencio con esta pieza de Bach. ¡Los pelos de punta!

[@da7382]

Hola, y cuál es la ocasión especial para reunir a tanta gente? Sería una experiencia excelente estar allí y escuchar esta pieza en ese entorno.

[@kennethmory1803]

It's stupid, but this always brings me back to the original Castlevania... I grew up the son of a classical pianist and a huge folk aficionado. My mother had the (seemingly) entire K catalog on vinyl and would listen daily. My first intro to musical Mashup was the Hookd on Classics tapes. My music teacher thought I was a child prodigy when she would play a piece of a symphony and I would finish it by humming the rest. My firm grounding in classical AND folk open an incredible world to me. It gave me the ability to appreciate a widely varying range of musical endeavor. From Dr Dre to Daft Punk, Alabama to Iron Maiden, Bob Dylan to Chris Stapleton, Deep Forrest to Jan Garbarek, and the ever mellow Strunz and Farrah... anyone who says that music and fictional literature aren't necessary to human existence are sub human at best...

[@user-be8wr4jj1q]

Супер божественная музыка органа ❤ ! ! !😎🙂😀

[@De_mitaSiburian-uw7xs]

😪💝

[@flora813]

I love this piece of music. First heard it when a short piece was used on a children's history education programme called Once The Upon A Time Man in the early to mid 1980s.

[@DarthShayanTool.]

Un des meilleurs D.A français jamais produit ^^

[@mji71]

The beginning to something big. Very big. Bach big. I'll leave the rest to history.

[@ValeriaPecora]

Currently pregnant and listening to this

[@bigbossrob]

the baby will know his/her algebraic expressions by 6 months

[@D.J.DarylsmusicChoices]

I love this peace it is hunting but inspiring all at the same time.

[@iustinprisacaru225]

This piece could be a really good guitar solo. I like to think that if Bach was in our times he would be a guitarist

[@noknowncomorbidities]

Sky - Toccata, they have a wonderful rendition of this.

[@boloMK24]

I've heard that Bach actually used a guitar to compose music at night to avoid waking the children.

[@michaelquintana1098]

​@@boloMK24lpl

[@dyxifltline]

He definitely would be. I'm saying the guitarist for a prog metal or symphonic black metal band.

[@corinabura1123]

Sinfonity Paolo Salinas

[@MonMon-eq5rx]

Sublime!

[@joanapira365]

Meravigliosso Bach.

[@jinnethflorez6027]

Solo puedo decir es lo mejor musica del mundo 😊

[@GekkoKamen]

Absolutely beautiful and wonderful, thank you for uploading with these images, I will listen to this so much for this Halloween, kudos for the last image.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This masterpiece will slake and moisturize the dryness of the soul and transcend time and space and people of all races and creeds and immeasurable and immortal and profound and my late beloved mother's favorite music

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

That Bach guy is going places

[@animaltvi9515]

Are there no words to this dave ?

[@EnidAgnusDei]

6:00-7:22 bliss and my phone alarm clock

[@AntonioAngelini-ks4om]

Mai visto un video più bello 🎉🎉

[@Maus5482]

Toccata und Fuge in d Moll, ist sein größtes Meisterwerk das er geschrieben hat, es beschreibt das leben wie es ist es geht hoch und runter glück und trauer auf und ab und am ende steht Gott, der uns behütet, Liebe Grüße aus Leipzig Deutschland, hir liegt er begraben. ❤❤❤❤

[@jamesfracasse8178]

And he wrote this piece of music 🎶 at the young age of 20 in 1700!😮🎉 3:57 .

[@Maus5482]

@@jamesfracasse8178 Er konnte schon als Kind die Orgel spielen, er hat alles von seinem Bruder gelernt und hat es weiter entwickelt, er war seiner Zeit weit voraus,

[@everardotalamantesmoyron7854]

Muy bien explicado. Gracias.

[@bertikoch5821]

Sebastian Bach liegt in der Thomaskirche, ich habe ihn auch schon Besucht.

[@gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750]

When you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, but see you have no reflection in the mirror.

[@alexanderleach3365]

One of my favorite pieces of music.

[@javiersuarez1738]

Obra maestra del maestro Bachs.😊

[@user-oj3my9ic2j]

Masterpiece 💪

[@Eric-bf7iy]

Merci !

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

It's a shame that Bach's finest organ piece is so identified with horror movies. It is so beautiful and uplifting. At least you put a Weeping Angel in your monster mash. 😁

[@emiliamagyaryt3274]

Thnxs for sharing 👍

[@estelaolvera7017]

Fascinante

[@getsemaninava9417]

I teach HS. This is the song I play when it’s time for new seating arrangement. I should actually play it on test days as well. I love my job.

[@yotieflix2860]

Me at Whitby Abbey: (Bram Stoker’s version)

[@ildyszi2196]

[@Benzinilinguine]

1:58 Woah, chill. Dont slam the piano...CHILL OUT OH MY GOOD LORD

[@varadibalazs1250]

Theme of the "Once Upon a Time... Man"

[@benford8570]

You’ve been lobstered

[@consuelosantiago1023]

Gostaria de entender porque colocaram uma imagem fúnebre de capa, imagem de cemitério, triste! Essa música é DIVINA, Maravilhosa, de autoria do Papa da Música Erudita! Por sinal uma das interpretações mais sublimes da obra!

[@VOVA-dl1lm]

😊

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The greatness of Bach is off th charts

[@reditoao]

When you wake up from your ornate coffin after a century of slumber.

[@PauloGoldschmidt-cd1rd]

Simplesmente magnifico. Gostei gostei e gostei. Maravilhoso.

[@rutepaes7867]

Perfeito maravilhoso belíssimo ❤❤❤

[@MestreMagoo3]

🌹❤️👍🏿👽🌞 Magnífico!

[@CodyDBuni]

"The 'R' emblem on the back is the legendary symbol of invincibility." -Takeshi Nakazato (Initial D: First Stage)

[@user-li8cm6wn4z]

Ich durfte dieses Stück mal in der Matini Kirche in Braunschweig erleben. Wir, mein Altgeselle und meine Wenigkeit hatten dort als Maler einen Wasserschaden an der Wand auszubessern. 😮 Also alles auf dass Gerüst was dort innen an der Wand stand und hoch auf 6 Meter Höhe. Da schon die Akustik im Kirchenschiff ❤❤ 😮 und dann diese voluminöse Musik❤❤❤❤😊 ich war so überwältigt dass vor (Glück?) geweint habe.😢 manchmal geht es mir heute noch so.

[@happymonke397]

0:04 blue lobster

[@gopidevi-meditacionytransm3142]

This is impressive

[@juliohernandez8451]

Me gusta mucho, me gustaría más oírla en vivo. Me gustaría saber de qué trata.

[@danieltuso]

Busca en Internet info sobre eso y la obtendrás... capulloooo😂

[@_ukraine2189]

Аmazing 🖤

[@paollamarchesin2139]

i love it

[@corintomartins5823]

Bom demais 😃

[@supercapitolio]

Bach, o nosso mestre do metal!

[@fermata.olegovna]

0:00 Toccata 2:44 Fugue

[@javiersuarez1738]

Es una obra maestra por siempre y para siempre.. por toda la etery😊

[@mariosalmeron1485]

Sebastián bach el imponente padre de la musica

[@toainsully]

When October 1st rolls around

[@user-zj7hd8qr6n]

Muhteşem

[@user-oj3my9ic2j]

La mejor música del mundo..

[@trenchy_BOI]

Fun fact: bach wrote this as a warm-up-piece to warm up before holy masses

[@amethyst7084]

Keyboard masterpiece!! 👏🏾⭐🎼❤ What's with the vampire image towards the end?

[@jedBSME]

This awakens the creature of the night inside me.

[@edwinangarita7854]

Esta pieza es una verdadera obra de arte musical ya que me transporta al pasado y se me vienen muchos recuerdos cuando era niño espero que el día de mi funeral la coloquen de fondo ya sea en la funeraria o en la casa

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Only a true organ master can play this.

[@JhaserTuballa]

That **blue lobster** is chasing me

[@alexeimarkowski1848]

My dad used to play this on Halloween for the trick or treaters lol, some were too scared to come get candy. Good times

[@CaesarOtto2009]

This masterpiece was used in the concert entrance for Dorian Electra's Fanfare world tour 🔥🔥🔥

[@UKMoench]

Lovit❤2023

[@betsyh855]

❤

[@Dimentio-rx9qu]

This is an amazing halloween song, even if you paly it at a solar eclipse

[@searleflesher6689]

This is a majestic piece of music I love it I don't think it is particularly scary though

[@Spider-Man-bb2ef]

Imagine going to a haunted house and hear this naw I would just get the fuck out of the haunted house

[@Halogeek-zq7yr]

The song of Vampires and Blue Lobsters everywhere

[@pilararregui5061]

Magnífico Bach en esta toccata llena de fuerza y armonía, una belleza para el oído y el cerebro.

[@user-by9pj9xx3n]

Вот так Господь творил всё во вселенной. Благодарю Бога и за плохое и за хорошее ❤❤❤

[@user-il4jc5yd6c]

There's quite a few other musicians who have played this music on other instruments IE the band sky and Vanessa Mae with her violin and well it's a very popular piece of music to listen to anyway.😊

[@dylanparrott8347]

the vampire national anthem

[@MarthaRodriguez-wm2if]

0:50 posibly piece of gospel inspired

[@Godsy01]

02:44

[@angelsworld9205]

💜🎵AMAZING🧛‍♂️🎵💜

[@LiviuDragon]

A true masterpiece of music good job for J.S. Bach

[@deltaraven]

Gotta love this circus music😊

[@longasfr]

I just noticed 0:27 and 0:59 sound like the beginning of the Castle Theme from New Super Mario bros Wii

[@OlorinFinrod]

4:12--5:05

[@ourworldbeauty]

got the imagery for the video all wrong… I wonder what Bach would've thought of it's association with vampires, bats etc