Dietrich Buxtehude - Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C Major

Simply wonderful, thanks

I believe Bach walked more than 200 miles to hear Buxtehude play. And he was thankful for it. However, I can understand the difficulty and therefore complexity of understanding Buxtehude. But in my opinion, you may only fully understand Bach when you fully understand Buxtehude.

Thanks for reply. I have not arguments about Bach's gratefulness to Bux genius. But, I think one can love someone without adoring his/her parent.
Any thoughts? :--)

I think that's quite true, Bux was renouned primarily as a perfomer, as well as a composer, his performances at Lubeck were legendary on the magnificient organ there. Alas his tomb, the organ, the entire church, and virtually most of Lubeck, were utterly destroyed in WW2.

thanks for the info. very interesting.
I know this question will be too long to answer or may be impossible to answer, but I wonder what do people mean when they say to "understand music". Do they mean to understand the texture or the style, or may be how much a certain piece touches their senses. Is not music something that can not be said? therefore it's effect can be described  individually unique.

Well that was 'Bomber' Harris for you !
Of Dresden (after the bombing) he was said to have said : "Dresden ? No such place !"

Good analysis. This piece is a foretelling of the Toccata in C of Bach.

I feel that what makes Bach is as much that which _isn't_ Buxtehude. Bach was as much the student as the teacher and though the many influences Bach received don't belong to him, his use of them does. My point is that as only a part of Buxtehude is Bach, only a part of Bach can be understood with a full understanding of Buxtehude... the most difficult part, the most important part? perhaps, but not the only, or what else is Bach but Buxtehude?

hermosa interpretacion