<P> In Hubert Parry's 1909 Bach biography the work is qualified as "well known" and "one of the most effective of (Bach's) works in every way". He calls the Toccata "brilliantly rhapsodical", more or less follows Spitta in the description of the fugue, and is most impressed by the coda: "it would be hard to find a concluding passage more imposing or more absolutely adapted to the requirements of the instrument than this coda ." Apart from seeing Buxtehude's influence, he likens the theme of the fugue to the theme of the fugue of Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544, which he considers a late work . </P> <P> Alberto Basso calls BWV 565 "famosissimo" (most famous) and "celebratissima" (most celebrated) in the 1979 first volume of his Bach biography, indicating that, somewhat unjustified when its quality is compared to other organ compositions by Bach, the popularity of these works hinges entirely on this composition . He sees it as a youth work composed before 1708, that with its underdeveloped fugue is stylistically eclectic but unified without breaking continuity . He links it to the northern school and mentions Tausig, Busoni and Stokowki as influencing its trajectory . Basso warns against seeing too much in the composition: it may be within reach of everyone but is neither an incantation, nor ridden with symbolism and even less a sum of whatever . </P> <P> In his 1999 Bach - biography Klaus Eidam devotes a few pages to the Toccata and Fugue in D minor . He considers it an early work, probably composed for testing a new organ: the piece is excellent to test the technical qualities of an organ . For instance the crescendo that builds up through arpeggios, gradually building up to using hundreds of pipes at the same time, can show exactly at what point the wind system of the organ may let down . In this sense some of the more unusual characteristics of the piece can be explained as fitting in Bach's capacity as an organ tester . </P> <P> Christoph Wolff qualifies BWV 565 as an early work in his 2000 Bach biography . He describes it as "as refreshingly imaginative, varied, and ebullient as it is structurally undisciplined and unmastered". </P>

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