Movements:
1. Toccata
2. Fugue

No autograph survives; the principal early source is an undated copy by Johannes Ringk. The proposed date 1703–1707 places the work in the Arnstadt period and is not... Read more

Movements:
1. Toccata
2. Fugue

No autograph survives; the principal early source is an undated copy by Johannes Ringk. The proposed date 1703–1707 places the work in the Arnstadt period and is not certain.
Bach's authorship and the original instrumental conception have been debated. The suggestion of an arrangement of a lost violin piece remains unproven.

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