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JS Bach - Fugue in G (Gigue)

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Argoth,

Many years ago I gave an organ recital to an auditorium full of High-Schoolers - Whew, thats a tough crowd to please - one impetulant kid shouted that Bach only wrote funeral dirges - I turned around and looked at him and spoke calmly with a deep voice: Oh yeah??? Grab your sweetie and get ready to dance!!! I lit up the *Gigue Fugue* - the kid couldn't dance the Gigue - his girlfriend could and she invited another guy to dance with her. Meanwhile, he sat and fumed and stewed. She was no longer his sweetie :grin::grin::grin:

Cheers,

Corno Dolce
 

Argoth

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Hi Argoth,

Many years ago I gave an organ recital to an auditorium full of High-Schoolers - Whew, thats a tough crowd to please - one impetulant kid shouted that Bach only wrote funeral dirges - I turned around and looked at him and spoke calmly with a deep voice: Oh yeah??? Grab your sweetie and get ready to dance!!! I lit up the *Gigue Fugue* - the kid couldn't dance the Gigue - his girlfriend could and she invited another guy to dance with her. Meanwhile, he sat and fumed and stewed. She was no longer his sweetie :grin::grin::grin:

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

:grin::grin::grin: hehe now that IS a good one, and also a good way to bring classical music out of that "slow"/"boring"/"funeral dirge" stereotype that younger folks tend to automatically associate with it.
 

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Fox's brilliant way to bring Bach to the common man was absolutely thrilling. I was fortunate to have seen Fox perform this piece live on two occasions.
 
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