BACH Fugue in G-Minor ('The Little') BWV 578 Thank Smoking

[JustinSage]

Bach makes me want to have synesthesia.

[JustinSage]

Bach, to me, was the first jazz artist.

[faytesp]

Best version I've heard so far, really gives a feeling of the old church organs echoing through the building

[013BoxedJuice]

I love this one, it's spooky and enchanting (:

[QMPhilosophe]

A contrapuntal masterpiece!

[mapricano]

How sweet it sounds! I like this tempo! It's perfect! Bravo!

[adommylambliff99]

My music teacher made us do this thing with sticks and hitting them on the floor then together with this music and everyone said it was really scary music and that it reminded them of death

[mymymymarski]

the worlds first metal song....JS Bach was truly a composer for the future...he was waaaay ahead of his time

[Adrianoci]

Perfect beat !

[VamLoveAndKisses]

Is this from the Art of Fugue? Because it sounds very similar to Contrapunctus 1. Very nicely played by the way. :)

[Scorpiusgrl]

I've being trying to learn this fugue; very hard but no way on giving up to play it fully.

[ACS1961CDL]

MUY BUENA. LASTIMA QUE QUEDE CORTADA. FELICIDADES.

[sternburger4ever]

sounds harry potterish lol

[monkeyluver1231]

@sternburger4ever i think of a carnival for some reason lol

[KnightOfAnna]

Bach's compositions sound like somebody is telling a story. His music speaks.

[chimpslayer69]

thank you for putting up the organ version. this is how bach heard it and this is how we should hear it.

[iPaoProductions]

Probably my favourite fugue...

[tmmmviii]

Very impressive.

[kerobonita21]

Thanks.for the upload... I have to remember this for a listening exam final:)

[jimamia77]

Told many of my relatives that i wrote this piece. Got busted when my uncle heard a guitarist perform it on the subway. I was a musical genius for about a month!

[tannerest56]

This was played when the Eden boss appeared in Megaman 64 on the Nintendo 64.

[Halcyon8991]

@tannerest56 No, no, no! It was Megaman Juno in Megaman Legends! We shall never speak of N64 ports... NEVER!!!!!

[metallica19191]

17 people like rebacca black 

[bluekitty515]

i have to recite this for music class :(

but i still <3 this song!

[TheJamesalden]

Thank you for posting this, and I do remember this being the first Bach piece I had heard, back in junior high; after that, it was the 'Air On A G String'. I just never grow tired of hearing the Master....

[BVILLE92]

we listened to this on my music appreciation class.

[Lo0kuaz]

@BVILLE92 yeah i heard this on my music appreciation class too, i have it on my playlist ever since

[GrammarJudge]

The opening for this song is in Rise of Nations.

[yokis12345]

i like this peice. its weird to listen to at night in the d ark tho....

[colourfulwithaU]

This is wonderful! My speakers suck, though, so the lower register doesn't cut through nearly as much it's supposed to. : ((

[swordmasterjoshua]

Never before have my ears heard such a beautiful piece before discovering this. The images it brings to my mind are a mixture of wonder, horror, emotion, and power. I'm in love with this song.

[dem0nk1d123]

Megaman Juno!

[MorkaGraven]

Last time I heard this the pedals came in huge and epic. Made it all the more awesomer.

[melancholyhumour]

Seems everyone found this piece from their music appreciation class. =)

Little Fugue has been my favorite piece of Bach since I was 10. Actually, this was the first piece I have ever heard of Bach (Back when I was 7 years old when my dad was listening to it on the stereo) but being so little back then, I don't know it's name. The notes just sticked into my memory and I was glad when I found it again after browsing some of Bach's works over the internet. Gaad, I owe my life to yt and google. ;-)

[Onisshoku]

I first heard this song years ago on a nintendo 64 game, and I never forgot it. I heard it every now and then, but was never able to find out it's name. Today in music appreciation I finally found out it's name. Here I am. Goosebumbs.

[deruntergang1996]

This piece took my attention for other fuges of Bach, so i searched for the partiture and found out that it wasn' t that hard, however i can 't use the pedals,(hey what do you expect i only play piano for 5 jears!), BACH IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

[JujuZ23]

Belle musique !

Fort bien jouée !

Sur un magnifique instrument !

Que dire de plus ?

[vivelabonnemusique]

@JujuZ23 c'est un fichier MIDI, joué par un ordinateur lol !

[NPorganist]

Another of Bach's matchless pieces. The pedal part does seem slightly detached from the rest of the music, though. Perhaps adding another 8 ft stop would help to bridge the gap. Apart from that, some nice sounds here. Tempo fine by by standards.

[spudman13]

"like" this if your favorite part of the video was 4:07

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@spudman13

Couldnt have put it better myself

[Kronimiciad]

@spudman13 How could that be your favorite part?! Thats when it ends.

[spudman13]

@Kronimiciad .......exactly

[Kronimiciad]

@spudman13 That was partially a joke. I fail to understand how you could not enjoy this.

[fossosejore]

grande interpretazione! migliore di quelle di organisti affermati. Complimenti!

[42guide42]

In my mind, I will forever associate this with Mega Man Legends. :D Foolishness aside, I really love this piece and this is a good performance.

[MsTany21]

Does anyone know how to write compostion pieces? i need help...

[nothinbutnet2009]

this sucks! you ruined my love!!!!!!!

[tedescoxX]

we have to sing this song for chorus ahha look up the lyrics its so wied but intresting and amazing!

[Dreamymusic]

Beautiful melodies

[petie32]

wonderful rendition. A bit slow, and the loudness hid the introduction of a few of the voices, but altogether a worthy piece.

[MrBooker39]

This is beautifully played...and the organ sound is altogether musical. Many thanks.

[tricofilms]

An interesting arrangement of this is used in the Japanese cartoon, Vampire Knight

[Liteweightchampion]

Bach's music has always fascinated me. Listening to this is such a gift to my spirit. His music has always been a part of my life ever since I discovered his music in Junior Highschool.

[Malkontente]

bach - organs maestro

[raffo1996]

mehr artikulieren! Nicht alles in Legato!!!

[robertgift]

Very nice performance!

Pedal difficult to hear. Maybe due to this laptop computer.

Stops sound real. But in too perfect tune to be real.

[Egill2011]

Schade dass J.S. Bach die Entwicklung der klassischen Musik gar nicht beeinflusst hat! Die Musikwerke von nachfolgenden Komponisten sind leider so verschiden!

[toughguydudeman]

I like it , Its calming , but in a suspenseful way , frankly most of the versions of this I hear's ending are explosive , but this is simple , sweat , and shameless.

[imxformed]

i heard this song in megaman legends juno stage

[shugarpie23]

I absolutely love this. Though i have no idea why lol.

[BesACB]

@shugarpie23 Fugues expand your head :)

[Angelblood96]

Love this piece. It works so well on the organ.

[miles305678]

I cannot believe anything like this can actually exist... Amazing...

[milou7300a]

Bonsoir, toujours une très belle pièce, mais votre interprétation, est très spéciale, ce qui fait un son beau et doux, une pièce à apprendre et à écouter, Merci Jack

[onkelrolle]

"home-built sampler pipe organ" Wow, I am impressed! This is beautiful music and the diy instrument is slightly beyond my comprehension.

[sweelinck99]

para ezdanilo tenta con mutopia para descargar y impresar las partituras.

in order to this performance is well done and it's done in the Germani's style seethe intro of the movie l'albero degli zoccoli in any case well done but the pipes organ is always the pipes organ bye robert

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[EzDanilo]

Alguien tiene esa Partitura para que me la envien... es la favorita mia aparte de la tocata y fuga... ya toco esa... pero por que tenia la partitura... ahora necesita esta la "litle fuge" si alguen me puede dar un link de alguna pagina donde este gratis... estaria muy agradesido

[billythekid20]

awesome!

[frances0130]

i think this is the best one after heard so many.....awsome~~~!!!

[jorobinson]

Too bad the music stops a second or so too early. That is the sweet spot! Can you fix? Otherwise delightful.

[kuroda0]

Beautifulness

[theroyprocess]

It is so nice to hear a piece played that

stirs the heart and soul. Could hear it

many times, always makes you smile!

[MistressMareth]

Where's Trigger when we need him? o_o

[iamabigfatbutt]

@Mrosen7542 Eden is online.

[dragon5521]

@Mrosen7542 Megaman Legends :D <3

[metteholm75]

That´s the right tempo. Now I have heard so many organplayers trying to break the speed-record in fugueplaying. They simply miss the greatness and clarity. Thankyou for this!

[akguitar1987]

@metteholm75 i agree



[nevashiva]

Beautiful You are gifted, enjoy :)

[paradoxicus]

Muy digna la interpretacion.

[cidkid12]

hehe thanks smoking

youve done it again

[viperfang18]

Electronic organs can do alot better than this.. This sound is only a very basic sound of a elec. organ..

[bellytimber]

People, of course it's on itunes. My favorite version is an orchestral version conducted by Ormandy, search for "little fugue ormandy." A good version for solo organ is played by Hurford, search for "BWV 542." (Unfortunately you need to get the album for that one.) Also the Swingle Singers sing a jazzy version, search for "little fugue swingle."

[rustydog1236]

Don't you mean Stokowski? It's still the Philadelphia; perhaps Ormandy recorded it also, I may be mistaken. I think Stokowski is the orchestrator; I think it (the orchestration) was originally ascribed to the bass clarinet player in the Philadelphia as the orchestration was considered a gauche thing to do in those days.

[bellytimber]

yeah, my favorite performance is definitely Philadelphia as conducted by Ormandy, the orchestration itself could have been done by Stowkowski (the notes didn't say iirc), but it's different than the Stokowski version I've heard (though mine is played by the BBC). But I'm sure I'm biased; my Ormandy track was on one of those old CBS classical 90s albums and I heard it approximately thirty million times growing up.

[thebassiestbassist]

Your right. Stokowski orchestrated it. He had a segment on a radio station for which he would arrange music, and he had a full orchestra at his disposal. He arranged many fugues and other "church" music because he thought the public would benefit from hearing them.

[shayaan2354]

does anyone remember this song from the old ps1 game "mega man legends" ? that game and this song in it introduced me to the rest of bach's songs

[boxcarguy07]

YES! i love that game.

And I was just trying to remember "what video game was this in?" when I saw your comment

[shayaan2354]

i cant believe anyone remembers that game! :D

[kazamajin1]

I agree, this needs to make it to itunes somehow. Virgil Fox's version of this piece does not freaking cut it at all, I don't care what anybody says. Your interpretation is incredible, and the speed is really great for this piece. Everything is clear as can be, and the different organ sounds used in the piece are not rushed at all. Best version I've ever heard.

[Taamalus]

Why isn't this on iTunes? They offer a lot of Bach but nothing even close to this piece! I love this piece it reminds me of ... a lot of good times!

[unjuiced]

it's not on iTunes????? CRAP!!!

[blackwingking9]

really most of the time minors remind people of evil

[EdgeKrusher37]

it certainly sounds that way. it got my attention.

[Marvinlikespiano]

very good!

[jacobolg]

Fantástica. Impresionante

[buildabear12345]

The best i have heard

[y11971alex]

This is excellent, I must say justly.

[Uzzi9mmKSully]

good job

[OlDoinyo]

Stunning sound for an electronic instrument, really beautiful. Excellent performance, too. But the final cadence is truncated....why?

[Fiskaandlit]

Perfect!

[Graycherubs365]

How did you get your elektronik keyboard to sound so authentik?

[lsoyarslan]

hey arthur what did you study at stanford ?

(İ dont get surprised if you are a science or engineering graduate...)

And also your sonate was briliant. I loved it

[lsoyarslan]

grati nterpretation!

[quetzalandino]

un sampler no posee un sonido ni la mitad de fiel respecto al original, pero aún así es bastante acojedora esta versión de dicha pieza.

[scada99]

Well done! Excellent interpretation of Bach's rather complex ornamentation, mordants, trills, etc.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, Thanks.

[miles305678]

most epic thing I have ever heard, wow, "dark clouds and single lights begin to fade through, as humanity looks up with hope from the darkness long lasting, could this be there final escape?"

[stefomate]

shut the fuck up

[kwanfan123]

this ethereal piece is one i heard in college music appreciation years ago (I have the lp)-and never forgot it.

Still very beautiful, and this rendition is fantastic!!

[megalissa21]

I was introduced to it in my music appreciation class too.... reason enough for me to take the class... thanks college = )

[TobyJacobsMachine]

@megalissa21 I'm taking it in high school. Music theory senior year.

[obizin]

Incredible play ... Very well performed.

[Morgana0x]

Beautiful Bach, beautifully done by you.

[MetaLGuitarHero666]

sweet song =D! bach's music is awesome =D!

[Anamixandre]

Wagner or Nietsche could never be more megalomaniac than french hyperactive president Nicolas Sarkozy

[Kishida06]

I totally agree with you Anamixandre, but I don't see the link with this (wonderful) piece.

[amoxtlacatl]

DELICIOUS is the word that comes to mind on hearing this performance on THIS organ.

The tone colors are so subtle, so velvet-like. And the interpretation is accordingly demure. A treat in delicacy.

I guess this instrument lacks the ability to overpower - as I would have expected on the arrival of the 4th voice or in final reprise of the theme - but that and the performance only makes this recording all the more endearing.

Thank you for uploading this.

[Lusoide]

This a sampled organ. A virtual one...never builded in reality!

Anyway congratulations for the wonderfull performance.

[agranero6]

May I ask more about your home-built sampler pipe organ? I have a Boheringer midi controller that I use with a software supplied by ther (U-Control) and the instruments, organ included do not sound well (only the piano)

[LuxNecronis]

An excellent adaptation and worthy of recognition. The only changes I would suggest would be to add a few stops to the pedals, give it a brighter sound so that it competes freely with the keyboards. The passage where the pedals have the melody, at 2:25 seemed a little weak. My only complaint on an otherwise magnificent recital.

[arthursulit]

excellent and correct observation of the same gripes I have with the take. But, as all recordings are a risk of a million+ variables that can go wrong, like in filming, it can always be doctored up in post-production. That's how the major labels do it. The CD tho is much clearer.

[twolefthanz]

@LuxNecronis I don't think the pedals are the problem. Take a little of the noise out of the top end and it would cure the sound a lot. The pedal stops are about right. It's the 2 ft stop that's the trouble.

[ThisIsMe113]

this beautiful masterpiece makes me want to write a fugue soo badly!!!

[arthursulit]

uhh, ok, so I wrote a Sonata in Em 'Of Angels and Cherubs' on this site, that has some fugue-like counterpoint. There are 2 versions, a silly one (for the public), and a more "serious" edited one for job interviews.

[BluezBro604]

angels and cherubs have always been one of my favorites...i'd love to hear a variation of it...what's the url???

[Weimar76]

Angels?? i think angels tought you to play this beautyful melody, i don´t understand anything about music but i sincerely congratulate you and enjoy your version of this "Little" fugue.. Excuse the mistakes, i don´t speak english.

[timechannel]

This has to be one of the ultimate pieces of music Wolfgang & Ludwig & Josef would surely enjoy this

[polymath7]

@ThisIsMe113

You've got the nerve to write a fugue?

[ThisIsMe113]

@polymath7 i've got the urge to write a fugue so i'll go ahead :)

[milou7300a]

Bel le inteprétation,son magnifique, à faire rêver.

A apprendre pour esseyer de l,interpréter de la même manière, avec un emplacament qui peut donner ce son avec une si belle résonnance, il y a quelques cathédrales dans lesquelles on peut procéder. Merci pour cette belle musique.Félicitations.

[RAYNEBL00D]

I can't belive they put this song in Mega man Legends or Mega man 64

[NeoSigma18]

Same here. It's my favorite song in the game.

[rockfreakinsolid]

Ineffably exquisite - prime work!! ^_^

[evhall1word]

one of my all time fav's

[Bingirocks]

I'm playing an orchestra version of this. thankS for the recording! it has helped a lot

[revengejeffrey21]

Very spooky...

hehe....

but wonderful!...

[xx13blackrose]

I don't really like it as much as some of the other recordings. It sounds too computerized.

[MartaBtrp]

Fantasztikusan jó!

Very great!

[meks2003meks]

If only more parents would play this music to their babies... I'm sure the world would be a better place!

[hotstuffsmartass]

Hitler says: "Wagner will make your babies superiour"

[puddnhead]

Hilarious

[NatashaNabokov]

Bach > Wagner

[GrayDorian2008]

To what? A roach??

[GrayDorian2008]

Wagner's music could make your baby superior.

Jahjajajajaja!!! Just look what it did to Hitler and the Germany of those days.

[Slippinginar]

The fact that Hitler enjoyed Wagner is completely irrelevant! Friedrich Neitzche also enjoyed Wagner up until a point.

[8491angel]

Obviously, you have not arived to Neitzche's

point! Nothing is irrelevant. Wagner was a pitiful misguided soul as a human. A genius musically, but which is more important?

[ByrdWhiteMovie]

Unless my history is wrong, Nietzsche eventually cut ties with Wagner because he was so ostensibly anti-Semitic. It was his sister that remained in Wagner's elitist circle: the very same that evolved into Germany's Nazi-era "intellectuals." They collaborated to exploit his writings by shirking context and upholding sentence fragments. .. But truth, in the end, suffers no misrepresentation.

[flipscratch81]

Nietzsche and Wagner were both absolute psychotic megalomaniacs.

[flipscratch81]

you may have a point

[LazyBastard69]

Why are you discussin Wagner here?? Discuss Bach!

[HelveteKeiser]

I wouldn't talk about Wagner like that...Especially not as a comment to a Bach fugue...

[wtftastic]

I used to think that until I read more Nietzsche. He's really not as bad as people make him out to be.

Pick up one of his shorter works, perhaps "The Gay Science". It lays out a lot of his early thoughts and the English versions I've read have been fairly easy to understand.

All that aside, a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. Well done.

[ukuswa]

Did you know that Wagner was gay? And jew?

[swordguru]

And why does that matter at all?

[ukuswa]

it matters because he was hitler's favorite and had to deal with a regime where both his religion and sexual choice would have killed him, that's all. I posted it because of some idiotic comments written here. I like both Bach and Wagner, Bach better but that's a detail.

[azotmazot]

simple and absolute beauty !!!!

[AlabasterWine]

This song is beautiful, is there anywhere I can download it?

[love666my666oggy666]

bah mu mamata :DDD

[doggies2709097]

THIS IS MY FAV. Classical song

[pab0387]

To bad its not Classical, its Baroque.

[polymath7]

I have a recording of this fugue played as transcribed by Stowkowski for orchestra that is nothing short of magnificent.

The performers play it more and more loudly as each 'voice' is introduced, and this lends the piece a sense of grand and inexorable fatality that rivals Beethoven's fifth.

[demonpiggy09]

Hey! were playing this in our schools symphonic orchestra. It sounds amazing but it is also pretty difficult. I play the trombone and the songs we play all are really amazing but this is the best out of all of them.

[AvidElephant]

what do you want, a medal? Lmao, just kidding.

[mywillbeadeadman]

Greatest piece ever.

[TDproductions7]

very nice. love it.

[Lassann]

Nobody writes fugues like Bach. This one may be the most pristine, perfect fugue ever written.

[polymath7]

"Nobody writes fugues like Bach.'

(chuckle) Do other people write fugues?

[Orchadorkcello]

handel wrote quite a few...

[polymath7]

Perhaps what I am about to say will vividly belie my musical laity, but I don't think any fugue Handel wrote is remotely comparable to this.