It's a good point. It's crazy how insanely good this is, the only reason it can seem bland at times is because of how much its been played over the decades/centuries
Bach was 17 when he wrote this, and in fact, he would primarily use this to warm up his fingers before playing for a longer time during church service.
No actually we don't know when the piece was written. It could've been written from 1704(when he was 19) to 1750. Actually, some historians question if he even had a contribution in the making of this piece in the first place.
Maybe should you also hear the BWV 542 fugue (a masterpiece), and while you are there, listen to the "little fugue", BWV 578 if my memory is good. Have a nice trip!
About 40 years ago my music teacher in school, who was also an organ player for a local church, took the whole class to that church and played this masterpiece for us. That was a hell of an experience. RIP Mr. Fröchte
What a legend. Too many people dismiss the power and mysticism of the organ. I hope he reached many of you. You don't need to be religious to recognize the subtlety and violence of an organ.
The dislikes are from fans of Metal. The difference between this piece and the other is the fact that this is beautiful and Metal is just noisy and hard just for being hard and nothing more, nothing artistic. Metal has always been an overrated genre. That style always belonged to resentful teenagers and to rebellious people who think they are special and who hate well-known and famous music; they think they are better than others for listening to Metal. That supposed music is just about screaming but not with passion but as if you were a demon or caveman gone crazy. It's also just about playing the guitar like crazy with force and speed, pounding the drums and in many cases writing violent or sexual lyrics (Death Metal or Black Metal). They believe that if musical artists do not play the electric guitar at the speed of light they are not good musicians, they don't get out of there. They hate anything that isn't Hard Rock or Heavy Metal. The funniest thing is that they criticize certain music for only being repetitive and Pop for being catchy, when they have bands like Metallica, among others, which at the beginning of their songs are usually very tiresome, they last more than a minute with the guitarist doing the same over and over again with his riffs, also in the solos. And yet they dare to see other music wrong when they in Metal do exactly the same thing of repeating a riff over and over again for more than a minute. It is hypocritical and incredible. Symphonic Metal is same shit except for some bands like Rhapsody, but majority of them are just generic music that isn't entertaining and less beautiful. The music of Electric Light Orchestra is way better than all the symphonic metal bands together. For me, any music like the following will always be better than Metal, 'cause they convey better, more positive messages: Folk, Country, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Classical. Also these genres are also for adults and many times suitable for all audiences, because Hard Rock and Heavy Metal have always been and will always be an inmature genre for adolescents, who believe they are more cool than everyone else just for listen to harder music.
@@thegreenwood6645 wow, what a pompous thing to say. Just because you can’t see the beauty in other genres of music doesn’t mean other people can’t. I don’t even listen to metal, in general, but I’ve heard some incredibly talented and amazing performances by metal musicians. Please grow up and try opening your mind.
@@thegreenwood6645 Imagine dissing an entire genre of music. Just IMAGINE. Would have to be a total arsehat to do that. Trust I can find you some classical music that is just pretentious and boring. Trust I can find you some jazz that is just hyped-up jamming without rhyme or reason. Trust I can find you some soulless folk that's just there for the money of the proletariat. Every genre of music has its bad sheep. Dissing an entire genre because you dont like it and dismissing it just shows you have a very narrow mind. Same as those metal fans that dismiss other styles of music, for example. Or whomever else thinks their opinion is the universal truth.
@@hyacinthus9 When you mention the word "Bach" you are not referring to a person who is alive or dead. You refer to the genius body of music composed by that particular man or a particularly marvellous phenomenon or a stratospheric cultural highlight.
Yep. And PURE MATHEMATICS as a BONUS... If you listen closely around 6:37 you will hear a popular Austro/Hungarian folk tune enter the flow. It is the basis; in variation; for this composition -- a private "nod" to the Monarch of the Empire and the sponsor of this composition. It was RUMOURED by Bach's contemporaries to have been composed in one sitting.
а вот так интересно бах звучит на баяне: ruclips.net/video/PMbtm1vgIgs/видео.html&start_radio=1&ab_channel=%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2
I've stood in a cathedral while it was being played on a full sized organ you can FEEL it in your chest and diaphragm it must have been awe inspiring to those who heard it for the first time 300 odd years ago
also those who heard it for the first time didn't live in a society where music was so common as it is today, so really any music must have been an amazing experience for them, let alone this.
Bach was at most 22 years old when he composed this. I was astonished to learn this. I’d always thought this was the work of someone at the peak of their career and experience.
It is insane to think about, isn't it? While I hope that I am mistaken, I unfortunately doubt that our current modernized world could ever allow for someone like Bach to ever exist again. It is simply no longer possible for a person to put their entire life's focus on one subject (and a "worthless" art-form at that). The pressure and expectation to follow the set path of elementary-school, middle-school, high-school, college, getting a well paid job, etc. just doesn't allow for such passion in music to form. It's a tragedy, but the price we have to pay for things like Computers and RUclips.
From today's standpoint it does sound impressive and unimaginable, but the people back then lead different lives. If you look at Bach's family tree, practically everyone was a musician. Back then, you probably already knew from a young age what you would end up doing bc there were fewer opportunities, school was expensive and so I imagine the parents or close relatives would teach their children what they knew. You didn't have to go to school all day every day for twelve years, and you had to spend your time in some way, so why not practice early on what would probably be your future job? I don't think it's surprising that artists in any field were practically masters of their craft at what we would consider a very young age. Sure, what are we doing with our lives at 22? At that point, Bach had probably been playing the organ for over 15 years nearly every day. He was bound to be good at it at 22 (btw, those are mostly my assumptions and i'm not claiming anything as a fact haha)
@@PCCphoenix during his lifetime Bach wasn't as famous as he would've been in this era, he was considered great but nowhere near the recognition he gained 100 years after his death
Funny how people associate this with horror thanks to pop culture. This is beyond beautiful and heartfelt to me, Bach was pouring out his soul like a madlad.
@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG i wouldn't say this is overrated, his other organ works such as the Passacaglia anf Fugue BWV 582 the Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 are very underrated , Bach is truly the best composer of all time and no one is even close
Horror can be beyond beautiful, and it is. It's not pop culture that brings horror vibes to this song, people feel different things, even if the material had another proposal. I hate these people shouting because people associate things with horror.
@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG No. This song is surely the greatest masterpiece of his work. I guess it might have escaped your notice, but people won't change their opinions if they hear other things of his work or if you say such an heresy 😚😚
When I was a young teen the church our youth club was attached to had an organ. Our organist was called Ray. He was in the church practicing. I didn't know what this piece was called. But sang a little to him. Ray understood and played it for me, he didn't hold back, I then understood what 'all the stops out' ment. He played with such passion and lost himself in the moment. Sadly I head Ray had passed, but he left me with this enduring memory for which I am eternally grateful.
Way back in my college years, I knew a lady who could play the organ and who's husband bought an old church so she and her daughter could put on plays. I went over there to do a story about it for the local paper. I arrived way too early and it was just this lady and myself and I asked her if she could play this for me. And boy, did she. I still get emotional just thinking about sitting in that old church having this song played just for me. It's so very different in person when it rattles your bones. It's in my top three most amazing life experiences and I've been to war.
@@codedirtytome7178 wow. I can honestly say I envy THAT experience, not the war one. There was a time, when I was seriously considering becoming a war correspondent. BnW photography is my 1st love.
It’s because their times are different than ours. We have different goals than they did, and they were born very differently than us. Just like how Gen z is very different from the ice age.
Lol I’m 17 rn and u just made me realize a kid my age made some music that’s been played for over 300 years now and the music I make is only gonna be played by me and a few others 😂😂😂 shits crazy lol
listening to it 2 days later and the tension, release, and those deep, resonating sustains are still rattling me to my bones. 300 years later and it's still one of the finest compositions of all human history.
Heard an organ irl for the first time the other day... the whole ground was quaking, and your ears felt like they were going to burst receiving all of that low register pressure. It was the most amazing thing ever.
If there is one constant between all the cultures we have ever had, it's the love of music and trying to make it sound as good as they can with the tools they have, and this is one heck of a magnificent tool
It's my favorite thing about their churches! I mean, i define myself as an Orthodox Christian, but heck the Cathedral Churches are so much cooler to look at.
I think the amplifying effect is pure chance. A large space with stone walls will have that effect. Many centuries ago they didn’t have our knowledge of sound waves.
@@leedsman54 The people who designed those structures surely had some basic knowledge about sound waves. And they propably knew what they were doing. Just what i think :)
When you start to learn about our true history and understand that cathedrals and churches were acoustic temples made by a civilization far superior to ours, both spiritually and technologically, you will start to gaze in awe at these old world structures. I can tell you this: not only was the entire building designed from the ground up as an acoustic temple, every cornice, every column and every arch designed to carry and amplify the sound frequencies of these amazing analogical air organs, but the organ was built within the architecture of the building with careful mathematic, energetic and sound frequency calculations so advanced that we cannot replicate today in our new cycle. These buildings were built by the previous cycle of people who were living in a golden age of technological and spiritual inlightenment.
Thank you Granpa for showing (forcing)me to listen to Bach allways in the car. We miss you and your knowledge of his music. So in your honor❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My cousin Alex (music teacher) once played this for me on a sizeable pipe organ in an empty church in Northern Ireland where he was also the organist. The place was empty as in just Alex, me and the church cleaner who was sitting beside me. An utterly unforgettable experience. An epic experience that will always live with me.
It's nice seeing people that remember this song, I was buying my bread when Bach released it, people where talking about this song everywhere! I was quite old already.. But I feel like this "internet" thing is bringing me back to my childhood in the 1700's.
@@marcus9441 alright, so someone posted a picture of a cotton candy lobster, which is apparently really rare, and someone who was probably bored out of their mind edited this song into the picture, the video then got really popular and spawned a lot of videos where it shows a video before the lobster jump scares you with this music playing.
@@marcus9441 I can’t find the original video, but this video by Lessons in Meme Culture does contain a clip of the thing at the beginning. ruclips.net/video/-w6bGSJOeKQ/видео.html
my dad was a church organist most of his life, even when i was 4 years old he would take me to where he played at his church he always sat me on the organ stool next to him and I remember every note of all of the lovely music he played to this day he died in 1993 at 73 years old, me now at 64,this music still gives me goosebumps, !! R.I.P. Brian Pearce , thanks for all those memories,
There was a planned keyboard duel between Bach and a renown keyboardist from Paris called Marchand. Marchard traveled all the way from Paris - imagine how much trouble that would have taken in that era, only to arrive to hear Bach warming up. As soon as he did - he turned around and headed straight back to Paris.
Imagine being a peasant coming into town for the first time and wandering into a church and hearing this blast around you. Would split your mind in half
okay i am not kidding: this has been stuck in my head for over seven years. And the worst thing: i didn't know the name of the piece. None of my family members knew and they thought i had thought of it myself. they always got annoyed whenever i would hum it. Today, my Choir teacher played the beginning on the piano during a break and I nearly jumped her to give me the name of the song. I am so happy!
@@JadedKate i tried humming it, downloaded 3 or 4 apps to try, but it never worked. You can imagine how google responds to "song that goes di do di dorori do di do di"
Happened to me too! I kept asking people "The scary organ song, the Phantom of the Opera plays", which is just a Mandela Effect thing, I guess. I don't really know if in any movie version of Phantom does Erik play it.
@@mirfalltkeinnameein9181 I think this is because they are looking for literal lyrics, not orchestral stuff. I mean you can imagine the amount of pieces with those noises! I have one too right now that isn't in my mind at the moment but... I hope one day.
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@@NoobsDeSroobs Well, according to historical sources, Bach was feared amongst pipe organ master builders (Orgelbaumeister). There are many reports of his contemporaries, that he often made the master builders sweat like apprentices: During his infamous paid pipe organ tests which he did as part of giving an expert opinion on a pipe organ, particularly when it was a commissioning/inauguration test, he pushed the instrument to its absolute limits, doing things nobody would dare. His son Carl Philipp Emanuel noted: *The father laughed merrily yet insidiously, and said for fun: "Above all things I must learn whether the organ has got good lungs!" - and to explore this the father pulled on [drew] all sounding registers [stops] and started to play as polyphonically as possible ...and the organ master builders stood in shock and turned pale, but then they heared an effect which left them astonished and deeply impressed.* Bach was known for his great ability to take a simple melody and quickly improvise it on organ into 4 voices or even 8 voices. He made every organ he tested ache. :-)
@@58jharris definitely true. Many musicians of the genre (Cliff Burton and Randy Rhoads) were classically trained and based many pieces off of Baroque era music
Try to imagine being a destitute beet farmer in 1700. All of your life you hear only the birds in the sky, the sounds of hammers on wood and iron, and shovels digging in fields. The closest thing to music you get is a rowdy chorus once or twice a month at the local commons, more often during a harvest. At some point during your simple life, you have occasion to travel to a great city with a grand cathedral. It is the largest building you've ever seen, adorned by previously unimaginable wealth and splendor. It is God's house. And there is music. It is a haunting, terrible melody that fills your chest with something that you cannot describe. The sound is so loud that it simply can't be real. The pipe organ creating the noise is a device that you have heard stories about, but it is more impressive than you could ever guess. It is a colossus, a sparkling gilded tribute to God and truly must be the greatest creation of man. What a world we live in.
It's how religious indoctrination works. Now that we are spoiled with entertainment options, it no longer works on us and we can just appreciate the music on its own merit, without believing the hype.
@@ixlnxs I believe you missed the main idea of this well written story. Because of the saturation of entertainment options today we will never get to experience this piece as this beet farmer has.
I remember that one time when i was walking past a church and heard this masterpiece. Literally sent shivers throughout my body. Truly a masterpiece. It has been 315 years now. I wish i could relieve that experience
@@sdhusfdusudgf-dofsdif1234he created an entire story about "I know you stole this comment, I know everything about you, vulnerable" and he was acting like some fkn evil villian
“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.” --Douglas Adams
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is an undeniable titan of the classical repertoire. It's a colossal work, both in its physical span and its intellectual depth. The Toccata, a prelude of sorts, is a whirlwind of virtuosic, almost improvisatory passages, a sonic tempest that prepares the listener for the architectural grandeur to follow. The Fugue is where Bach's genius truly shines. It's a labyrinthine maze of counterpoint, a complex interplay of musical voices that unfolds with a mathematical precision yet emotional intensity. The subject, a stark, dramatic motif, is echoed, inverted, and transformed in countless permutations, creating a sonic tapestry of immense complexity and beauty. This work is not mere entertainment; it's a profound exploration of the human spirit through sound. It is a testament to Bach's unparalleled mastery of his craft and a perpetual inspiration for composers and listeners alike. It is, in essence, a cathedral of sound, a towering masterpiece that continues to awe and inspire centuries after its creation. A sonic titan. A labyrinthine maze. A cathedral of sound.
I heard this first time when I was 7 in a 500 year old church being played on 200 year old organs. Let me tell you, I cry when I think about it. One of the most unreal experiences ever.
@@LagartoChicloso A church approx 600 years old was built in the 1400s, There are around 8,000 village churches in the UK dating from the 1100s or around 900 years old. There are some built in the 900s, before the Norman Conquwst in 1066
This was the exit music at my wedding. Not because me and my wife are some crazy goth types, but rather because, in the hands of a good organist, this piece of music is unmatched on the organ.
Your comment reminded me of a Pepsi commercial from years ago where it showed a young Jimi Hendrix in front of a guitar store. Across the street there was an Accordion store. Commercial ended saying '' That was a close one ! '' L.O.L. 😂
He would play godly stuff though. So might be a tough choice for you, since he'd be a Christian musician. ...and be pretty much repulsed by this current world.
Моё любимое . С юности не могла понять, почему названо" Ре минор " ,такое возвышающее душу и просветлениное , жизнеутверждающее произведение? Светлое и чистое , для меня несущее много душевного позитива . А недавно узнала( в свои 73 года ) , что оно было написано на смерть юбимрй супруги автора .и все встпло на свои места . И так это внутренне перекликается с стрoками стихотворения русского классика : "....печаль моя светла- печаль моя полна тобою.... " ( наполненна светлыми воспоминаниями о любимой женщине, поэтому в ней звучит столько светлого возвыщающего душу , и это светлое чуство любви превалирует над тоской о утрачнном ) Спасибо гению автора и исполнителю.
Dude the composition was made 400+ years ago but the recording was made 30+ years ago Edit(31/5/2020):This reply started some misunderstanding. Please remember that the comment above is a joke.(in case I confused you) edit: ok I get the joke now
This piece is not meant to be heard through reproduced sound. Hear it played by a proper organ in the right venue and your entire body will become part of the instrument. Every human should have that experience. I recommend you put it on your bucket list.
I've Heard so many covers of this iconic piece & nothing comes close to match this! This is beyond perfection ten thousand percent with no mistake so ever!! None @ all! Most organics skip major parts or play it to fast! This is a masterpiece ten thousand percent 🤘 each part is done beyond perfect & not Rush! This organis plays everything beyond perfect & all of the music parts & pieces go on where there supposed to go to!! Bravo bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏
My husband is a church organist and sometimes I just sit and listen. Absolutely uplifting and awe inspiring. He removes his shoes to play the base pedals. LOL
@M K The skill, mental agility, and physical abillity required to play a multi-keyboard organ (that includes playing with ones feet), borders in the limits of what is humanly possible. It demands both perfected technical coordination, and emotional discipline. I only hope you appreciate your husbands dedication, sacrifice and comitmant to what is most likely one of the highest expression of Human acheivements.
Funny enough, this whole section is played almost note for note in the organ solo for Burn by Deep Purple. Really shows contemporary musicians have a thing for the greats
Lol .. recording of music was not really posible till the late 1850s & even after that recording was very poor and not useful till another 100yrs .. and then it become better and better and now in a state where digital music has more details than human hearing can ever listen to .. & thats why all those music was only in written and still every musician writes music and playes from writen notes. But that also kind of changes the music from instrument to instrument as no same instrument can ever sound same unless its digital.
He wrote this piece while he still tuned organs as his day job...it was what he would play to check them out....this is essentially just blowing the dust out and checking the action of the board .....that's genius.....
At the top was a pyramid.Bach was on the apex of it, & all other composers descended from this great master. from him all other composers profited from his invention of fugues & other musical structures.
That is a myth at best. The exact origins of the song are unknown with a ±25 year estimation. The most likely estimates date it to during his time in Weimar (1708) or later, at which point he was a proper musician/composer. You might be thinking of his other works, some of which were also named "Toccata and fugue", with minor differences in the titles.
@@ohhatu8081 There's actually even theories that this isn't Bach's composition at all, but apparently his friend's who composed it for the flute. Dunno if there's any actual evidence for that.
I want to hear this played in person, just to marvel at the amazing craftsmanship and to feel the vibrations of each and every note. It would be so powerful.
When You do hear this live for the first time, I can assure You that as You feel the music vibrate throughout Your whole body, You'll have an out of body experience. It (like so many other beautiful pieces of organ music...) will take Your breath away...
I got to hear Virgil Fox play this on the Heavy Organ,live at Wolf Trap, one summer night in the late '70's. At the time, lawn seats were 5 bucks, bring a picnic, lounge on a blanket under the stars and listen to this. Glad I got to go.
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My brother is learning how to play this on the pipe organ. He’s his teacher’s first student in 30 years. A dying art unfortunately. Edit: Thanks for all of your support! A video of him playing it in church on the Sunday before Halloween is up on my page NOW!
Astro Zombie I’m sure he will! Someone must pass on this majestic instrument to generations to come! It’s a priority that this instrument doesn’t die off.
I’m glad some people still like this kind of tunes. I started to like organ music because my 520 years old grandpa would play it on his organ every night whenever I visited his mansion
This is the great Hannes Kastner on the organ for anyone who’s interested and it is indeed one of the greatest if not the greatest interpretation of this composition.
When I visited the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in the evening a couple years ago, I was looking up at the pipe organs, when suddenly this piece blasted from them. I felt like I got invited for a supper by Dracula himself. Perhaps one of the most otherworldly experience in my life.
Real organs are VERY expensive and therefore very rate. I happen to live in a city with a truly GREAT organ. Others are not so lucky. The sound produced by an organ is VERY difficult to record and reproduce, so few recording companies even try.
I had this played at my wedding whilst signing the register, me and wife sat and listened until the organist finished , one memory we will cherish till our last day
The final chord progression is beyond amazing from a musical standpoint, it stretches your soul string and makes your belly and hearth sink because how powerful it is, also the deviation from the resolution adding a 6th major chords gives so much more intensity and sombreness to the final chords which is tragic and glorious but peaceful in the same way. It is unprecedent and unmatched in my opinion, Bach is the best
If your ever interested in seeing that final chord progression in a different context (hornline, transposed key, changing the final chord to major), check out carolina crown’s 2017 field show “it is”! They have the chord progression in their opening and closing hits
I once happened to enter into a cathedral, in Nantes, France, while I was visiting the city. It was a really hot day outside, and when I entered the temperature immediately dropped considerably, which was already creepy enough. Suddenly, out of the blue, someone status playing this on the organ. Sent chills down my spine...
For a special occasion my church recently hired an organist to play the second half of this during the end of service. Was certainly a breath of fresh air from the contemporary worship music I've become used to.
Toccata: derived from the Italian toccare, meaning "to touch". It represents a musical form for keyboard instruments that is intended to show off the performer's keyboard virtuosity. It has a great many fast arpeggios. Fugue: The fugue is a technique characterized by the overlapping repetition of a principal theme in different melodic lines. Bach's composition reflects the particular popularity of the form during the late 1600's to early 1700's. I'm not a scholar of music, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night! ✌️ Carry On...
Все ВЕЛИКИЕ МУЗЫКАНТЫ СЛУШАЛИ И ЛЮБИЛИ МУЗЫКУ ОРГАНА...я РУССКАЯ БЕЛОРУССКИХ РОДИТЕЛЕЙ меня впервые привела моя бабушка полька слушать МУЗЫКУ ОРШАНА....
It's ironic that Bach never intended any of his music pieces to be "scary" but rather to be glorifying religious works. Now, the opening to this piece is used in practically every horror movie or depiction of death... Ever. 😂
Anakin Skinwalker You asked him to name one and he named multiple, surpassing what you had originally asked and then you ask for him to name more because he only named a few compared to every horror movie released. Seriously?
@@CrestedSaguaro520 Actually, you didn't reply to what he asked. WHICH Dracula movie employs this piece? Name the title of the movie please. Because Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi makes no use of Bach's Toccata.
I have listened to innumerable recordings of this piece of music. This IS the best version ever; not only with its incredible performance, but also, the sound of this superb organ.
The organ in the photo is at a cathedral in Passau, Germany. It's the largest organ in Europe, and sounds absolutely unbelievable.
Stephan's dom?
Thank you, I was wondering where this organ was located. It sounds so impressive!
@@jsand971 No, Stephan's Dom is located in Vienna, Austria
I don't believe it
@Sar I dont know, but I think he lies . Lol. But it's a good joke.
Just imagine how fresh this sounded in the 1700s.
Still fresh in 2020
Have I really been asleep that long?
It's a good point. It's crazy how insanely good this is, the only reason it can seem bland at times is because of how much its been played over the decades/centuries
@@yoink8224 Yes, and still fresh in 2200. Forever and ever.
LeeFerikson i guarantee someone shit their pants
One of the most immaculate, jaw-dropping, music-historicizing, grand masterpieces in the eon of sound. Then came a seemingly bright blue lobster..
Same
your memes are shit go back to reddit
nah it came from carti
@@sirjwan the b in carti b stands for blue lobster
lobtah caught in 1k moment
I'm 521 years old and this was my father favourite song. He used to play it all the time in the manor. He sadly died in 1761. Rip dad 🕊️❤
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521?
=O
Ha.young.one.i.was.there.when.he.frist.played.this.peace😂😂😂
My man's a vampire lol
Can't believe Bach posted this only 13 years ago
still waiting for a new album smh
@@plebisMaximusBach has been real quiet lately
KING BACH COMPOSED THIS???
Bach used AI
I heard he's gonna tour soon. Leipzig and all the traditional cities. I am waiting for tickets to come out on Ticketmaster.
Bach was 17 when he wrote this, and in fact, he would primarily use this to warm up his fingers before playing for a longer time during church service.
That's a new info for me, thank you ❤️
Thanks for commenting something insightful instead of “something something BLUE LOBSTER.”
@IngeniousMaultasche Its too late to be successful
That's a badass way to start a Sunday's mass
No actually we don't know when the piece was written. It could've been written from 1704(when he was 19) to 1750. Actually, some historians question if he even had a contribution in the making of this piece in the first place.
Probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written
Absolutely true !
You clearly haven't heard any of Bach's other works.
Scary and magnificent at same time
Maybe should you also hear the BWV 542 fugue (a masterpiece), and while you are there, listen to the "little fugue", BWV 578 if my memory is good.
Have a nice trip!
@@Fellow_Traveller1985 : yep we call that discovery, eh? It is better than listen to pseudo musicians 😀
Dracula: “I need a theme song”
Bach: “Say no more”
😂 thank you!
😂
And his party song is Masquerade by Khachaturian
Bach was spared from being bit.
🤣🤣🤣
I don't know why people think organs are so scary I've live in my mansion with one for 427 years and nothing creepy has ever happened here.
Wait
They got us in the first half not gonna lie...
underated comment 😂😂
Creepy and very poignant at the same time. Bravo, sir!
good one lmao
About 40 years ago my music teacher in school, who was also an organ player for a local church, took the whole class to that church and played this masterpiece for us. That was a hell of an experience. RIP Mr. Fröchte
What a legend. Too many people dismiss the power and mysticism of the organ. I hope he reached many of you. You don't need to be religious to recognize the subtlety and violence of an organ.
The dislikes are from fans of Metal. The difference between this piece and the other is the fact that this is beautiful and Metal is just noisy and hard just for being hard and nothing more, nothing artistic. Metal has always been an overrated genre. That style always belonged to resentful teenagers and to rebellious people who think they are special and who hate well-known and famous music; they think they are better than others for listening to Metal. That supposed music is just about screaming but not with passion but as if you were a demon or caveman gone crazy. It's also just about playing the guitar like crazy with force and speed, pounding the drums and in many cases writing violent or sexual lyrics (Death Metal or Black Metal). They believe that if musical artists do not play the electric guitar at the speed of light they are not good musicians, they don't get out of there. They hate anything that isn't Hard Rock or Heavy Metal. The funniest thing is that they criticize certain music for only being repetitive and Pop for being catchy, when they have bands like Metallica, among others, which at the beginning of their songs are usually very tiresome, they last more than a minute with the guitarist doing the same over and over again with his riffs, also in the solos. And yet they dare to see other music wrong when they in Metal do exactly the same thing of repeating a riff over and over again for more than a minute. It is hypocritical and incredible. Symphonic Metal is same shit except for some bands like Rhapsody, but majority of them are just generic music that isn't entertaining and less beautiful. The music of Electric Light Orchestra is way better than all the symphonic metal bands together. For me, any music like the following will always be better than Metal, 'cause they convey better, more positive messages: Folk, Country, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Classical. Also these genres are also for adults and many times suitable for all audiences, because Hard Rock and Heavy Metal have always been and will always be an inmature genre for adolescents, who believe they are more cool than everyone else just for listen to harder music.
@@thegreenwood6645 wow, what a pompous thing to say. Just because you can’t see the beauty in other genres of music doesn’t mean other people can’t. I don’t even listen to metal, in general, but I’ve heard some incredibly talented and amazing performances by metal musicians. Please grow up and try opening your mind.
@@thegreenwood6645
Imagine dissing an entire genre of music. Just IMAGINE. Would have to be a total arsehat to do that.
Trust I can find you some classical music that is just pretentious and boring. Trust I can find you some jazz that is just hyped-up jamming without rhyme or reason. Trust I can find you some soulless folk that's just there for the money of the proletariat.
Every genre of music has its bad sheep. Dissing an entire genre because you dont like it and dismissing it just shows you have a very narrow mind. Same as those metal fans that dismiss other styles of music, for example. Or whomever else thinks their opinion is the universal truth.
@@thegreenwood6645 Based and stupid take. go sit in the corner
Imagine the hype when Bach dropped this on Spotify back in the day.
He had a better version on his Double Live album: "Bach in Black"
@@gmill7414 good one
Bachg is died
@@hyacinthus9 That's what happens when you have a manager like Col. Tomas Parker.
@@hyacinthus9 When you mention the word "Bach" you are not referring to a person who is alive or dead. You refer to the genius body of music composed by that particular man or a particularly marvellous phenomenon or a stratospheric cultural highlight.
This piece contains so many emotions like joy and playfullness, but also madness, chaos and complete insanity.. the story of mankind in a nutshell
Yep. And PURE MATHEMATICS as a BONUS...
If you listen closely around 6:37 you will hear a popular Austro/Hungarian folk tune enter the flow. It is the basis; in variation; for this composition -- a private "nod" to the Monarch of the Empire and the sponsor of this composition.
It was RUMOURED by Bach's contemporaries to have been composed in one sitting.
Exactly. Wonderful summary. It captures everything and works in all kinds of emotional ways. Thanks for your comment.
Definitely. The ending in particular gets me--like, if despair was a sound, it would be the last few notes of this song. I feel it every time.
@@sarahb.7175 exactly such heavy and dramatic chords
@@sarahb.7175 it's not a song. It's a piece.😂
- I play the guitar, and you ?
- the cathedral
а вот так интересно бах звучит на баяне: ruclips.net/video/PMbtm1vgIgs/видео.html&start_radio=1&ab_channel=%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2
"Hi, what did you do in your 21st year?"
mdr
That must be the most uncomfortable instrument to carry around on tour
666... there you go!
I've stood in a cathedral while it was being played on a full sized organ
you can FEEL it in your chest and diaphragm
it must have been awe inspiring to those who heard it for the first time 300 odd years ago
Best place to get it : in the region of Eisenach, where most of the original organs have been preserved.
@@philippehuysmans3159
My organs were preserved in Burton on Trent
If you stand in the cathedral while the organs playing this, you will disappear. I highly recommend it.
also those who heard it for the first time didn't live in a society where music was so common as it is today, so really any music must have been an amazing experience for them, let alone this.
That happened to me at Ely Cathedral when i was 23 years old, now at 71 the memory is still with me.
Bach was at most 22 years old when he composed this.
I was astonished to learn this. I’d always thought this was the work of someone at the peak of their career and experience.
It is insane to think about, isn't it?
While I hope that I am mistaken, I unfortunately doubt that our current modernized world could ever allow for someone like Bach to ever exist again. It is simply no longer possible for a person to put their entire life's focus on one subject (and a "worthless" art-form at that). The pressure and expectation to follow the set path of elementary-school, middle-school, high-school, college, getting a well paid job, etc. just doesn't allow for such passion in music to form.
It's a tragedy, but the price we have to pay for things like Computers and RUclips.
From today's standpoint it does sound impressive and unimaginable, but the people back then lead different lives. If you look at Bach's family tree, practically everyone was a musician. Back then, you probably already knew from a young age what you would end up doing bc there were fewer opportunities, school was expensive and so I imagine the parents or close relatives would teach their children what they knew. You didn't have to go to school all day every day for twelve years, and you had to spend your time in some way, so why not practice early on what would probably be your future job? I don't think it's surprising that artists in any field were practically masters of their craft at what we would consider a very young age. Sure, what are we doing with our lives at 22? At that point, Bach had probably been playing the organ for over 15 years nearly every day. He was bound to be good at it at 22
(btw, those are mostly my assumptions and i'm not claiming anything as a fact haha)
@@francis7336 Excellent and thought provoking points.
I did not know this!
I just came from the park where the 20 year old boys were smoking w..d....like really😢😂
He did not compose this piece tho. It was his student, Kellner.
can't believe Bach didn't win a Grammy for this
I'm sure he would have if they had them back in his day!
@@PCCphoenixhe would lose tô Nick minaj...
@@PCCphoenix during his lifetime Bach wasn't as famous as he would've been in this era, he was considered great but nowhere near the recognition he gained 100 years after his death
No @@GabrielCapella-th7st
Cant believe he haven't competed in Eurovision. He could easily beat Abba.
Funny how people associate this with horror thanks to pop culture. This is beyond beautiful and heartfelt to me, Bach was pouring out his soul like a madlad.
It's also painfully overrated. If only people would hear his other works for organ lol, in my opinion they tend to be so much better and catchier.
@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG i wouldn't say this is overrated, his other organ works such as the Passacaglia anf Fugue BWV 582 the Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 are very underrated , Bach is truly the best composer of all time and no one is even close
@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG No way a classic like this can be overrated, it's a great piece. Very intense, almost violent.
Horror can be beyond beautiful, and it is. It's not pop culture that brings horror vibes to this song, people feel different things, even if the material had another proposal. I hate these people shouting because people associate things with horror.
@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG No. This song is surely the greatest masterpiece of his work. I guess it might have escaped your notice, but people won't change their opinions if they hear other things of his work or if you say such an heresy 😚😚
I was walking past a church once and heard someone playing this on the organ - an experience I will never forget
I envy you.
if there was no one else in there you just walked by the main antagonist.
@@JaxontheOkay OH MY LORD-
@@alexpaz1527 how fitting lol
Says you 😂
*"Is cathedral an instrument?"*
- 17 year old bach
Liebe Grüße aus Leipzig, das ist eine barock Orgel des siebzehndes Jahrhundert, tarakota u. Fuge von Johann Sebastian Bach.
What?
@@ronalduelsmann1743 profi könntest mal Englisch schreiben der typ kann das nicht
Helo
666th like
im 313 years old, i always get goosebumps listening to this masterpiece, my father always played me this piece in our castle.
You are humorou. Made me laugh.
My dad used to play parts of this for me after the ceremony when everyone left the church. I'll never forget it. Thank you dad.
W dad ngl 😅
Son of Dracula confirmed
..merci à toi ..une expérience partagée ..
When I was a young teen the church our youth club was attached to had an organ. Our organist was called Ray. He was in the church practicing. I didn't know what this piece was called. But sang a little to him. Ray understood and played it for me, he didn't hold back, I then understood what 'all the stops out' ment. He played with such passion and lost himself in the moment. Sadly I head Ray had passed, but he left me with this enduring memory for which I am eternally grateful.
An unforgettable moment with your Dad❤
Way back in my college years, I knew a lady who could play the organ and who's husband bought an old church so she and her daughter could put on plays. I went over there to do a story about it for the local paper. I arrived way too early and it was just this lady and myself and I asked her if she could play this for me. And boy, did she. I still get emotional just thinking about sitting in that old church having this song played just for me. It's so very different in person when it rattles your bones. It's in my top three most amazing life experiences and I've been to war.
I'm jealous (about the private sitting).
Wow!!!!! This is so beautiful 🥺😫
Pardon for asking, but which war? And did you just go? As you said? Or were you deployed?
@@suzannabienkowski2033 OIR, 2015.
@@codedirtytome7178 wow. I can honestly say I envy THAT experience, not the war one. There was a time, when I was seriously considering becoming a war correspondent. BnW photography is my 1st love.
The fact that 17 yo bach wrote this masterpiece makes me feel horrible about what I have done with my life.
My 17yo self was trying to run up the down escalator and failing MISERABLY.
It’s because their times are different than ours. We have different goals than they did, and they were born very differently than us. Just like how Gen z is very different from the ice age.
Lol I’m 17 rn and u just made me realize a kid my age made some music that’s been played for over 300 years now and the music I make is only gonna be played by me and a few others 😂😂😂 shits crazy lol
You should.
He didnt tho...
Just right for the spookiest day of the year.
A genuinely amazing piece of music
listening to it 2 days later and the tension, release, and those deep, resonating sustains are still rattling me to my bones. 300 years later and it's still one of the finest compositions of all human history.
Heard an organ irl for the first time the other day... the whole ground was quaking, and your ears felt like they were going to burst receiving all of that low register pressure. It was the most amazing thing ever.
I wish 😢
@@Bingull.Jp.g One day!!😊
I don't think having ur ears burst is good
@@xi_1ptx I'm sorry what I can't hear you
@@priskillacilla1549*screams* DID YOUR EARS BURST?
My grandmother's funeral closing music was this piece, a bittersweet memory immortalised through sound. The organist played it wonderfully.
im sorry but ur pianist just blue-lobstered everyone at the funeral 💀💀
@@samaybalanagar7287average gen x npc
Vampires ??
Props to the organist! It's a beautiful way to say goodbye to a loved one.
@@Yichh sadly this is true,
Fuck you still
The insides of these cathedrals are specifically designed to carry soundwaves and amplify them. Our ancestors were truly amazing.
If there is one constant between all the cultures we have ever had, it's the love of music and trying to make it sound as good as they can with the tools they have, and this is one heck of a magnificent tool
It's my favorite thing about their churches! I mean, i define myself as an Orthodox Christian, but heck the Cathedral Churches are so much cooler to look at.
I think the amplifying effect is pure chance. A large space with stone walls will have that effect. Many centuries ago they didn’t have our knowledge of sound waves.
@@leedsman54 The people who designed those structures surely had some basic knowledge about sound waves. And they propably knew what they were doing. Just what i think :)
When you start to learn about our true history and understand that cathedrals and churches were acoustic temples made by a civilization far superior to ours, both spiritually and technologically, you will start to gaze in awe at these old world structures.
I can tell you this: not only was the entire building designed from the ground up as an acoustic temple, every cornice, every column and every arch designed to carry and amplify the sound frequencies of these amazing analogical air organs, but the organ was built within the architecture of the building with careful mathematic, energetic and sound frequency calculations so advanced that we cannot replicate today in our new cycle.
These buildings were built by the previous cycle of people who were living in a golden age of technological and spiritual inlightenment.
Thank you Granpa for showing (forcing)me to listen to Bach allways in the car.
We miss you and your knowledge of his music.
So in your honor❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This music was written 300 years ago. And it is still bangs. Now that is success story.
There's no proof of that but we'll go with the narrative.
@@Gigi1111LaynaTf do you mean there's no proof of that? So you think Bach didn't exist and no one could compose such pieces 300 years ago?
@@Gigi1111Laynatranslate this for excercise:
A mówią że u nas w polsce jest chujowy system edukacji
it’ll bang after another 3000 years because it’s timeless
@@Gigi1111LaynaAre you for real. Manuscripts written at the time are proof. This is not the Bible we're talking about.
You know your life is at its peak when you're listening to organ covers at 2 a.m.
Based
3am but mood
4am here lol
I thought I was the only one...
Crank it up!
My cousin Alex (music teacher) once played this for me on a sizeable pipe organ in an empty church in Northern Ireland where he was also the organist. The place was empty as in just Alex, me and the church cleaner who was sitting beside me. An utterly unforgettable experience. An epic experience that will always live with me.
That sounds so awesome. Glad you got to experience this ❤
Are you now a vampire?
@@aawells07 No. I'm all right now.
Truly one of those rare, once-in-a-lifetime events. Lucky you.
Why did the janitor bite you? Have you seen my bat. Hes really cute. Vlad Vlad where are you?
It's nice seeing people that remember this song, I was buying my bread when Bach released it, people where talking about this song everywhere! I was quite old already.. But I feel like this "internet" thing is bringing me back to my childhood in the 1700's.
😂
Indeed
It’s crazy to think that this iconic piece of music is now being associated with an image of a cotton candy lobster
🔵🦞🔵
@@marcus9441 alright, so someone posted a picture of a cotton candy lobster, which is apparently really rare, and someone who was probably bored out of their mind edited this song into the picture, the video then got really popular and spawned a lot of videos where it shows a video before the lobster jump scares you with this music playing.
@@Shi.f.t Give me the sauce
@@Shi.f.t sauce me up too sir
@@marcus9441 I can’t find the original video, but this video by Lessons in Meme Culture does contain a clip of the thing at the beginning.
ruclips.net/video/-w6bGSJOeKQ/видео.html
my dad was a church organist most of his life,
even when i was 4 years old he would take me to where he played at his church
he always sat me on the organ stool next to him and I remember every note of all of the lovely music he played to this day
he died in 1993 at 73 years old, me now at 64,this music still gives me goosebumps, !!
R.I.P. Brian Pearce , thanks for all those memories,
Your father sounds like an incredible man.
thank you ,he was indeed a great church organist ,when he was a young boy ,he was a chorister at Manchester cathedral, sadly missed ,
@@timpearce3314 i live in Manchester now today and i went to that Cathedral about two weeks ago.Sadly, they did not play the organ.
special
Your dad is THE Brian Pearce?? Brian Leonard Pearce???
I was the page turner for an organist who played this. I was 14 years old and was terrified. But it gave me a greater appreciation for the piece.
Wow! Kudos to being able to still do your job! I’m sure the music was intimidating af!
It's TRUE bliss!
I was a "page turner" for my aunt Aliki :)
It's a beautiful piece
I love it 😍
Naice
There was a planned keyboard duel between Bach and a renown keyboardist from Paris called Marchand. Marchard traveled all the way from Paris - imagine how much trouble that would have taken in that era, only to arrive to hear Bach warming up. As soon as he did - he turned around and headed straight back to Paris.
😂
Imagine being a peasant coming into town for the first time and wandering into a church and hearing this blast around you. Would split your mind in half
💯
Indeed
Absolutely. I can imagine people having a heart attack at 0:01 if they were caught by surprise.
@@rubensnogueira5838 lol exactly
brilliant vision of the perfect past world.
If this is still such a banger, imagine this dropping back then. The whole court busting a groove to this
Nah, Bach's music was considered "old-fashioned" and "boring" back then ;(
Word up, they knew how to rock out. 😆
Yes! He was well appreciated in his day, and very well paid.
I don’t have to imagine, I was there. It slapped
he actually got discovered again in 19th century by chance after his death (so his music) if im not wrong, but yeah this is truly amazing
okay i am not kidding: this has been stuck in my head for over seven years. And the worst thing: i didn't know the name of the piece. None of my family members knew and they thought i had thought of it myself. they always got annoyed whenever i would hum it.
Today, my Choir teacher played the beginning on the piano during a break and I nearly jumped her to give me the name of the song. I am so happy!
7 years ? you must not have had a smartphone all this time. there are apps for this.
Awww, wholesome!! ☺️
@@JadedKate i tried humming it, downloaded 3 or 4 apps to try, but it never worked. You can imagine how google responds to "song that goes di do di dorori do di do di"
Happened to me too! I kept asking people "The scary organ song, the Phantom of the Opera plays", which is just a Mandela Effect thing, I guess. I don't really know if in any movie version of Phantom does Erik play it.
@@mirfalltkeinnameein9181 I think this is because they are looking for literal lyrics, not orchestral stuff. I mean you can imagine the amount of pieces with those noises! I have one too right now that isn't in my mind at the moment but... I hope one day.
I come back to this atleast once every couple months!! And every single time!! It's breathtaking!!
You can hear this composition’s influence in heavy metal.
The section at 1:10 feels like it's straight out of an Eddie van halen solo
Because of this, we have Yngwie.
1:27 COB
I was about to write the same thing, it sounds so metal although it's actually classical music!
@@ilaria_mulazzi its Baroque! And actually, it seems that baroque is much more like most metal than classical is. It's fascinating.
I've edited this comment so no one will ever know what was written here.
Nothing is forever and sometimes we miss our single chance. We see the time pass without recognising it. But don’t be afraid. It’s not too late to be happy. Do what you always wanted to do. Take that journey you always wanted to do. Buy that thing you always wanted to buy. Confess your love to your crush like you always wanted to.
What are you waiting for?
I will follow you.
I also choose to follow.
I will be a follower as well
I, too, will follow your quest
thou shalt heed thy call
The Church: We paid for the whole organ.
Bach: Alright. I'll use the whole organ.
That is not even close to the entire span an organ can cover.
Maybe more like
The Church: We paid for this new organ, but we are not sure it's good quality.
Bach: Alright. Let me check.
Or maybe:
Bach: tell me which keys I can use and I'll write you a masterpiece using just those keys.
sam, buddy, i won't make a joke about your mom tonight but if you tee it up like this again the whole comment section will be like a written version of a def comedy jam audience
@@NoobsDeSroobs Well, according to historical sources, Bach was feared amongst pipe organ master builders (Orgelbaumeister). There are many reports of his contemporaries, that he often made the master builders sweat like apprentices:
During his infamous paid pipe organ tests which he did as part of giving an expert opinion on a pipe organ, particularly when it was a commissioning/inauguration test, he pushed the instrument to its absolute limits, doing things nobody would dare.
His son Carl Philipp Emanuel noted: *The father laughed merrily yet insidiously, and said for fun: "Above all things I must learn whether the organ has got good lungs!" - and to explore this the father pulled on [drew] all sounding registers [stops] and started to play as polyphonically as possible ...and the organ master builders stood in shock and turned pale, but then they heared an effect which left them astonished and deeply impressed.*
Bach was known for his great ability to take a simple melody and quickly improvise it on organ into 4 voices or even 8 voices. He made every organ he tested ache. :-)
This is the best one I have found so far. Pisses me off when it is played plucky. You can tell this person really feels into it. It has soul.
Probably the best loved classical piece amongst "metal" fans. The virtuoso guitarists of the 80s certainly mimicked/referenced it frequently enough.
Progressive rock fans too lol
I think I heard once that metal actually has a lot in common with classical music.
@@58jharris definitely true. Many musicians of the genre (Cliff Burton and Randy Rhoads) were classically trained and based many pieces off of Baroque era music
I think, the Toy Dolls did it best, though.
Paganini is where most 80s metal virtuoso types get their arpeggios, literally ripped directly and sometimes sped up.
This has been my favorite song ever since first hearing it at my funeral.
Something's not right I can feel it
witchy!
*look of suspicion*
Hold up
gulag
Try to imagine being a destitute beet farmer in 1700. All of your life you hear only the birds in the sky, the sounds of hammers on wood and iron, and shovels digging in fields. The closest thing to music you get is a rowdy chorus once or twice a month at the local commons, more often during a harvest.
At some point during your simple life, you have occasion to travel to a great city with a grand cathedral. It is the largest building you've ever seen, adorned by previously unimaginable wealth and splendor. It is God's house. And there is music. It is a haunting, terrible melody that fills your chest with something that you cannot describe.
The sound is so loud that it simply can't be real. The pipe organ creating the noise is a device that you have heard stories about, but it is more impressive than you could ever guess. It is a colossus, a sparkling gilded tribute to God and truly must be the greatest creation of man.
What a world we live in.
It's how religious indoctrination works. Now that we are spoiled with entertainment options, it no longer works on us and we can just appreciate the music on its own merit, without believing the hype.
@@ixlnxs I believe you missed the main idea of this well written story. Because of the saturation of entertainment options today we will never get to experience this piece as this beet farmer has.
If this man is a beet farmer, will one of his descendants be named Dwight?
Such beautiful empathy for the human condition.
Imagine yourself a few hundred years later. What more to come.
Who is here in 2024.
Bro. Genius!😂
Meeeeee
Me ready for Halloween.
Here I am!😊
oooohh yeaaahhhhhh
I remember that one time when i was walking past a church and heard this masterpiece. Literally sent shivers throughout my body. Truly a masterpiece. It has been 315 years now. I wish i could relieve that experience
@@cechev0422 what do you have against them 💀
@@LatBackup Just a psy-op. Pay no mind to them.
@@cechev0422 Are you okay?
@@sdhusfdusudgf-dofsdif1234he created an entire story about "I know you stole this comment, I know everything about you, vulnerable" and he was acting like some fkn evil villian
@@LatBackup bro imagine you are listening to some good quality music and ppl in the comments are doing stuff like this like lmao
“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.” --Douglas Adams
Thanks! That's a quote that goes straight to my precious collection of things to say in situations I'll never be in! :P
First rate quote! Never thought I'd see Bach and Douglas Adams in one space, but on so many levels it makes sense.
I hadn't heard that quote before, but it is hard to deny the veracity of it.
The clear and simple truth
I've spented several years to find that quote. Thanks!
Hi
@Zeekuwan a quick google search would answer that question
@Zeekuwan most ended up having some sort of hearing problem later in life
Wasnt there that totally awesome band you need to be 3000miles away in a bunker for nuclear war to really appreciate the music?
@Zeekuwan the pipes aren't directly pointing at the musician. they're scattered throughout the church. but yeah, it's still loud as Scheiße
@@mweskamppp Yep, Disaster Area
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is an undeniable titan of the classical repertoire. It's a colossal work, both in its physical span and its intellectual depth. The Toccata, a prelude of sorts, is a whirlwind of virtuosic, almost improvisatory passages, a sonic tempest that prepares the listener for the architectural grandeur to follow. The Fugue is where Bach's genius truly shines. It's a labyrinthine maze of counterpoint, a complex interplay of musical voices that unfolds with a mathematical precision yet emotional intensity. The subject, a stark, dramatic motif, is echoed, inverted, and transformed in countless permutations, creating a sonic tapestry of immense complexity and beauty. This work is not mere entertainment; it's a profound exploration of the human spirit through sound. It is a testament to Bach's unparalleled mastery of his craft and a perpetual inspiration for composers and listeners alike. It is, in essence, a cathedral of sound, a towering masterpiece that continues to awe and inspire centuries after its creation.
A sonic titan. A labyrinthine maze. A cathedral of sound.
It's Baroque
I heard this first time when I was 7 in a 500 year old church being played on 200 year old organs. Let me tell you, I cry when I think about it. One of the most unreal experiences ever.
The church is now 927 years old?
@@guaroontheracoon we dont know, 500-597 yrs old probably, it depends on how many years darius have rn
@@LagartoChicloso There's someone who joked that he lived in a mansion for 427 years. Our racoon added those up for some reason
@@JimmyBoosterCrate incredible
@@LagartoChicloso A church approx 600 years old was built in the 1400s, There are around 8,000 village churches in the UK dating from the 1100s or around 900 years old. There are some built in the 900s, before the Norman Conquwst in 1066
Beautiful song
green or ; DIRIRIRIIIIIIIIN
BLUE LOBSTAAAAAAAAAOAOOOOOAOOOOORRRRRRMMMRRRRRRR
thanks
@@OfficialBach Come to Brazil ;-;
Ahhhhh
How dare you scroll while Bach is playing?!
oof the guilt...
oop
Sorry 🙈
Damn, you caught me!
JD
shut the fuck up
This was the exit music at my wedding. Not because me and my wife are some crazy goth types, but rather because, in the hands of a good organist, this piece of music is unmatched on the organ.
FYI bach wrote this when he was only 17 years old. Just keep that in mind.
Impressive, is it not?
Makes sense, I feel the teenage angst
Truly amazing...
What an e-boy
Makes you realize how the majority of us have done absolutely nothing with the time we have been granted on this earth.
Still Epic Metal after all these years. Imagine Bach with an electric guitar.
I can easily... it's called listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Your comment reminded me of a Pepsi commercial from years ago where it showed a young Jimi Hendrix in front of a guitar store. Across the street there was an Accordion store. Commercial ended saying '' That was a close one ! '' L.O.L. 😂
He would play godly stuff though. So might be a tough choice for you, since he'd be a Christian musician. ...and be pretty much repulsed by this current world.
@@eadghe Yeah, it's sad how repulsive the world is to christianity nowadays.
I think the organ is even fuller than a metal guitar or band ;)
(And i am a guitarist, the organ is the most magnificent instrument i know)
5 year old me when I thought Pennsylvania and Transylvania were the same thing.
Never been that wasted.
Aren’t they?
they are believe me I'm from Clarion County and fled long ago
Lmao
*Castlevania*
Моё любимое . С юности не могла понять, почему названо" Ре минор " ,такое возвышающее душу и просветлениное , жизнеутверждающее произведение? Светлое и чистое , для меня несущее много душевного позитива . А недавно узнала( в свои 73 года ) , что оно было написано на смерть юбимрй супруги автора .и все встпло на свои места . И так это внутренне перекликается
с стрoками стихотворения русского классика : "....печаль моя светла-
печаль моя полна тобою.... " ( наполненна светлыми воспоминаниями о любимой женщине, поэтому в ней звучит столько светлого возвыщающего душу , и это светлое чуство любви превалирует над тоской о утрачнном ) Спасибо гению автора и исполнителю.
Shoutout to whoever recorded this 300 years ago
Dude the composition was made 400+ years ago but the recording was made 30+ years ago
Edit(31/5/2020):This reply started some misunderstanding.
Please remember that the comment above is a joke.(in case I confused you)
edit: ok I get the joke now
Kinda hard to tell if you guys are wooshing hard
i know, may he rest in peace.
@@codmpink 2020 - 400 = 1620... So this song was made in 1620???
I think you mean 300 or 200 Years ago.
Bach was metal before metal was a thing
Bach before metal was a thing, yes.
No, he was a gothic...
@@martinaubut9208 metal was a thing before music exist.
If you think Bach's music is metally, check out Vivaldi, like his Concerto for Two Cellos: ruclips.net/video/7BbpNukE8yY/видео.html
The heavy metal band Cirith Ungol done a fantastic cover of this masterpiece on their album King of the Dead.
This piece is not meant to be heard through reproduced sound. Hear it played by a proper organ in the right venue and your entire body will become part of the instrument. Every human should have that experience. I recommend you put it on your bucket list.
I’ve had this on my bucket list for the past 2 years.
Organ music resonates through your bones like nothing else. It gives me chills everytime
I prefer the toy dolls
I-....
Most definitely. I've heard it in a cathedral on a 5,000 pipe pipe organ, I bloody wept.
I've Heard so many covers of this iconic piece & nothing comes close to match this! This is beyond perfection ten thousand percent with no mistake so ever!! None @ all! Most organics skip major parts or play it to fast! This is a masterpiece ten thousand percent 🤘 each part is done beyond perfect & not Rush! This organis plays everything beyond perfect & all of the music parts & pieces go on where there supposed to go to!! Bravo bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bach literally just said “I paid for the entire organ so I’ll use the entire organ”
I was scolling down and was thinking I should have of sawn a jojo comment by now and her we are pucci
I mean, fair enough! He paid for it, might as well use it for it's entire glory!
In fact, this theme wasn't composed to be performed in a concert, but to test the organ worked correctly, so that's why it uses the whole organ
@@elpino8503 it works correctly. What now? Play it again!
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My husband is a church organist and sometimes I just sit and listen. Absolutely uplifting and awe inspiring. He removes his shoes to play the base pedals. LOL
@M K The skill, mental agility, and physical abillity required to play a multi-keyboard organ (that includes playing with ones feet), borders in the limits of what is humanly possible.
It demands both perfected technical coordination, and emotional discipline.
I only hope you appreciate your husbands dedication, sacrifice and comitmant to what is most likely one of the highest expression of Human acheivements.
Hello 👋 how are you
@@trespire it’s very well humanly possible, if i a 15 year old can do it, so can the rest of the world
Hello, I also remove my shoes as I depend on feel of the pedals...
Does he play this song when he's playing?
Oddly enough right after 2:51 in this recording you can hear the beginnings of the 2-5-1 progression commonly found in jazz. Bach was swingin'!
Funny enough, this whole section is played almost note for note in the organ solo for Burn by Deep Purple. Really shows contemporary musicians have a thing for the greats
@Arab walter 😳 agreed
To say nothing of the arrangement on Jacques Loussier's original Play Bach No 1 album.
If you want to listen to jazz Bach, listen to Bach's contrapunctus 2 from The Art of Fugue
That's nothing compared to 3:11 when you can literally sing 'Fly Me To The Moon' over it...
This is such a beautiful song that my grandfather, who has been paralyzed for 10 years, stood up and turned up his voice when he heard it, thank God.
From Vampire to Blue Lobster, we have come a long way
Everything turns to crustacean
We must all evolve intro crab
Detroit: Become Crab
The Crab Revolution
What lobster is everyone talking about? 👀
I would love to hear this played live by someone. Just to feel the raw power of the organ while hearing this would be unreal.
Hearing this for the first time in 1750 must have felt unreal. Imagine.
it's not a thing that someone play . it's symphonie that requires at least 6 muscians . and please read about the classical music culture before
This is so ear shattering at my chuch. Organs are unbelievably powerful.
@@simohamedhafidi6727 It's a strict organ piece and is played by one person.
I've heard it played live and it was fantastic 😊
Inmagine he had no recording device and had this sound in his head. Magnificent
Lol .. recording of music was not really posible till the late 1850s & even after that recording was very poor and not useful till another 100yrs .. and then it become better and better and now in a state where digital music has more details than human hearing can ever listen to .. & thats why all those music was only in written and still every musician writes music and playes from writen notes. But that also kind of changes the music from instrument to instrument as no same instrument can ever sound same unless its digital.
An interesting performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor on accordion: ruclips.net/video/PMbtm1vgIgs/видео.html
yeah they had music sheets.....
What is "Inmagine" though?
@Betsy D I think you are underestimating how much more of a thorough and academic process a lot of composition is
I love how I looked up “that one dramatic organ song” and this was the first thing that came up and it was indeed what I was looking for
when you play rock paper scissors in front of the mirror and you lose
Lol
Tell me why this has the least amount of likes this is deffo gen z humor tho
You too huh?
Underrated AF XD had me laughing hard
That mirror is really clever huh, i never lose from a mirror before
He wrote this piece while he still tuned organs as his day job...it was what he would play to check them out....this is essentially just blowing the dust out and checking the action of the board .....that's genius.....
At the top was a pyramid.Bach was on the apex of it, & all other composers descended from this great master. from him all other composers profited from his invention of fugues & other musical structures.
I read your comment at 5:00, and it totally makes sense!
That is a myth at best. The exact origins of the song are unknown with a ±25 year estimation.
The most likely estimates date it to during his time in Weimar (1708) or later, at which point he was a proper musician/composer.
You might be thinking of his other works, some of which were also named "Toccata and fugue", with minor differences in the titles.
@@ohhatu8081 There's actually even theories that this isn't Bach's composition at all, but apparently his friend's who composed it for the flute. Dunno if there's any actual evidence for that.
thanks for the perspective. There's genius and then there is ............ Mastery of the subject.
I want to hear this played in person, just to marvel at the amazing craftsmanship and to feel the vibrations of each and every note. It would be so powerful.
There are Organ societies and some churches have these beauties.
I can play the inro go check it out
When You do hear this live for the first time, I can assure You that as You feel the music vibrate throughout Your whole body, You'll have an out of body experience.
It (like so many other beautiful pieces of organ music...) will take Your breath away...
I got to hear Virgil Fox play this on the Heavy Organ,live at Wolf Trap, one summer night in the late '70's. At the time, lawn seats were 5 bucks, bring a picnic, lounge on a blanket under the stars and listen to this. Glad I got to go.
raven-- you are right! you would never forget it-- i hope that opportunity comes to you.
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Day after, alas. I just dig baroque. Prince George, BC.
This is more metal than 90% of metal bands
It’s basically metal before electricity
You probably meant more metal 100% of metal bands
I think Nathan Explosion will agree🤘🏻
Bach was metal. Period.
I literally typed “that one vampire song” and got this. Very pleased.
i found it here by typing "the dracula song" lol 😄
😆
Omg. Too funny. " Funeral music" works too...bahahaha
Same here-
I searched for Dracula music!
I like how there's basically 3 types of comments on this:
-Complimenting the performer
-Vampireposting
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madeline jumpscare
GT-R
BACK ON THE ROCK BACK ON THE ROCKS
Part of the shit part of the poo
The right person at the right place and at the right time gave us, if not THE, one of the highest levels of musical creativity in human history
It’s the voice of God. 🙈
My brother is learning how to play this on the pipe organ. He’s his teacher’s first student in 30 years. A dying art unfortunately.
Edit: Thanks for all of your support! A video of him playing it in church on the Sunday before Halloween is up on my page NOW!
That's amazing! Perhaps your brother can one day teach others.
Astro Zombie I’m sure he will! Someone must pass on this majestic instrument to generations to come! It’s a priority that this instrument doesn’t die off.
Thats awesome mad props to your bro
taco cat Thanks!
The organ is such an awesome instrument it does not deserve death
I’m glad some people still like this kind of tunes. I started to like organ music because my 520 years old grandpa would play it on his organ every night whenever I visited his mansion
You're very lucky. My grandfather only made it to 439
Hold on, i think i fought with your grandfather in the french revolution and the Great War
*I FELT A GREAT DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE...*
That’s actually really wholesome
@@theguywithcoolpens6466 read it again
Bach practically invented progressive rock, what an undisputed genius. 🔝
Se muy poco de inglés, pero estoy, 100 por ciento de acuerdo
Way ahead of his time!
Also, Vivaldi inventedthe modern take on the album with the four seasons.
*And vamp anthem....💅💅🧛🧛*
And Metal too :0
This is the great Hannes Kastner on the organ for anyone who’s interested and it is indeed one of the greatest if not the greatest interpretation of this composition.
When I visited the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in the evening a couple years ago, I was looking up at the pipe organs, when suddenly this piece blasted from them. I felt like I got invited for a supper by Dracula himself. Perhaps one of the most otherworldly experience in my life.
so lucky 🥺
What? Dracula?
I literally found this by searching “that famous church organ song”
RUclips works sometimes.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I searched "creepy organ song" and got a hit, originally tried "nosferatu song" lol
That last sentence 😂😂😂
Now they know you better...
I’ve always called it “Scary organ” and it always works!
The organ is one of the most underrated musical instruments of all-time
You're probably right FilmREAL. And I happen to be a fan of th organ myself.
A Majestic instrument!
Underrated nowadays, but perhaps not when this was written.
well, its kinda expensive, thats why noone buys it
Real organs are VERY expensive and therefore very rate.
I happen to live in a city with a truly GREAT organ.
Others are not so lucky.
The sound produced by an organ is VERY difficult to record and reproduce, so few recording companies even try.
I had this played at my wedding whilst signing the register, me and wife sat and listened until the organist finished , one memory we will cherish till our last day
The final chord progression is beyond amazing from a musical standpoint, it stretches your soul string and makes your belly and hearth sink because how powerful it is, also the deviation from the resolution adding a 6th major chords gives so much more intensity and sombreness to the final chords which is tragic and glorious but peaceful in the same way. It is unprecedent and unmatched in my opinion, Bach is the best
agreed, Asus4 to natural C in Bflat major hits different than Asus4 to A major and in d minor
also circle of fifths progression
I love these music theory comments because they're precise a I couldn't say better
An insightful comment about the piece and not some BLUE LOBSTER! Good to see.
If your ever interested in seeing that final chord progression in a different context (hornline, transposed key, changing the final chord to major), check out carolina crown’s 2017 field show “it is”! They have the chord progression in their opening and closing hits
huele a peste
I once happened to enter into a cathedral, in Nantes, France, while I was visiting the city. It was a really hot day outside, and when I entered the temperature immediately dropped considerably, which was already creepy enough. Suddenly, out of the blue, someone status playing this on the organ. Sent chills down my spine...
He was a vampire, vibing his Bach's mixtape.
2:41 is the best part of musical history what a masterpiece!
Yeah thats good but I bet you ll change your mind if you listen to Arabesque no1
@@diodio1502 no I I’ve heard that before and I don’t like it
This section would definitely be used in a boss battle for Megaman Legend series
@@tougeruzbay ye
Quite agree
My mom played organ for most of her life, and we had one in our home growing up. She would pen the windows on Halloween and play this.
I remember listening to this as a young man in 1928, fantastic then fantastic now
You must be over a 100, to have been a young man in 1928. Lol
@@handsomepackage7004 could be a vamp
you must be 98(quick math)
How old are you sir?
@@jasonlu3331 a 5 year old isn't a young man
-You play metal?
-Yes.
-What instrument?
-Its complicated.
150 tons of metal.
@@kaspernbs That's an underappreciated comment.
@Rune Age Magecheck Loved to Deth
@@kaspernbs That's... *_HEAVY METAL_*
Who asks "Do you play metal"?
This is basically the Death Metal of his time.
True
I’d say it’s more close to black metal but yeah
Which is why Bach was one of the best there ever was
Correct - all the elements of modern metal rock are "hear" to enjoy
@@jimbosc Good one and true!
For a special occasion my church recently hired an organist to play the second half of this during the end of service. Was certainly a breath of fresh air from the contemporary worship music I've become used to.
Toccata: derived from the Italian toccare, meaning "to touch". It represents a musical form for keyboard instruments that is intended to show off the performer's keyboard virtuosity. It has a great many fast arpeggios.
Fugue: The fugue is a technique characterized by the overlapping repetition of a principal theme in different melodic lines.
Bach's composition reflects the particular popularity of the form during the late 1600's to early 1700's.
I'm not a scholar of music, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!
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Carry On...
lemme touch the blue lobster
source or I won't believe you
jk
I love the Holiday Inn Express reference. I use it and people just don't understand . I like the way you think. Bravo !
Very informative and I appreciate you sharing
@@Tony_Baloney_69420 Wikipedia, if I remember correctly.
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Certainly not from memory!
I've listened to the Toccata & Fugue countless times and it never ever fails to blow my mind.
try and play it in a symphonic band and learn to hate it
I never grow tired of hearing the toccata and fugue in D Minor.
Overwhelming. Every time.
Все ВЕЛИКИЕ МУЗЫКАНТЫ СЛУШАЛИ И ЛЮБИЛИ МУЗЫКУ ОРГАНА...я РУССКАЯ БЕЛОРУССКИХ РОДИТЕЛЕЙ меня впервые привела моя бабушка полька слушать МУЗЫКУ ОРШАНА....
It's ironic that Bach never intended any of his music pieces to be "scary" but rather to be glorifying religious works. Now, the opening to this piece is used in practically every horror movie or depiction of death... Ever. 😂
Anakin Skinwalker You asked him to name one and he named multiple, surpassing what you had originally asked and then you ask for him to name more because he only named a few compared to every horror movie released. Seriously?
Just heard it in Amicus 1972 film, Tales From The Crypt,opening music for the film.Sets the scene perfectly..
Anakin Skinwalker Do you understand what words mean?
@@CrestedSaguaro520 Actually, you didn't reply to what he asked. WHICH Dracula movie employs this piece? Name the title of the movie please. Because Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi makes no use of Bach's Toccata.
@@danhernan7855 So, you are bragging about how much horror films you have seen..?
I have listened to innumerable recordings of this piece of music. This IS the best version ever; not only with its incredible performance, but also, the sound of this superb organ.