Bach and Violin over BWV565 manuscript

Was Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" originally a violin piece?

Is Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565" a work by someone else? One of JS Bach's representative pieces is "Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565". The opening passage, "Charara-ra, chararara-ra-ra", is famous for this piece. This "representative piece", "Toccata"…

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If Nokia doesn't suit you, how about Happy Birthday?

Well, no matter how good Ensemble Mega Ne is, it can't go out into the world with FamilyMart + JR, so yesterday I thought about a ringtone for Nokia, but I ended up thinking that it would be a bad idea to seriously challenge Tarrega's original song. So, are there any other songs? Any songs that everyone knows? Is there one...

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You can't go global with a FamilyMart theme, you'd have to go with Nokia!

Well, I was really impressed with Ensemble Mega Ne's "Variations on a Theme of Family Mart [Woodwind Quartet + Piano]" and "Contrapuntal Piece on a Theme of Yamanote Line", but when it comes to going out into the world, I feel like the theme of Family Mart or JR is not the right choice. The target audience is too narrow. Here's a one-shot...

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Variations on the Theme of Family Mart [Woodwind Quartet + Piano]

This is today's hit. Uploaded on 2016/1/25, this video has been viewed nearly 5 times in five days. It is a work by Ensemble Mega Ne. Using the Family Mart entrance sound, this slightly unusual arrangement of woodwind quartet and piano expresses the changes in style of Western music over the past 15 years in about 300 minutes...

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Is Massan's theme song "Wheat Song" similar to the Soviet national anthem?

The theme song for the NHK morning drama "Massan" currently on air is a song called "Mugi no Uta" composed by Nakajima Miyuki. I heard somewhere that this song sounds similar to the Soviet Union's national anthem, so I immediately looked it up. Actually, I haven't seen Massan, so I didn't know the song at all. First of all, the chorus of "Mugi no Uta": It certainly sounds like...

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Bach's Siciliano wasn't written by JSBach...

One of the pieces often performed by JSBach is "Siciliano". It is originally the second movement of the flute sonata BMV 1031. It is also often performed on the piano, so I think many people have heard it. The first time I heard it was in the piano version performed by Dinu Lipatti. [AMAZONP…

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Five misconceptions about the fake Beethoven issue

To be honest, I had never heard of Mamoru Samuragochi until I saw a post about this incident on Twitter. I had no idea that he was being touted as the "Beethoven of our time." Apparently, he is severely hearing impaired (someone who has lost his hearing late), has a second-class physical disability, and composes symphonies...

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