. The organ works of Bach. nctuatedwith big chords. The device is one well suited tothe organ, but it has the defect of not wearing well,and it too often leads to incoherence. The G minor Fantasia leaves other works of thetype far behind, because its passage-writing isexpressive and full of harmonic suggestion, and evenmore because of the skill with which these passagesare balanced and contrasted by fine polyphony,chains of suspensions, and daring modulations,the whole being held together by a fine pedal Bachs earlier essays in this field we frequentlyfind the contrasting passages almo
. The organ works of Bach. nctuatedwith big chords. The device is one well suited tothe organ, but it has the defect of not wearing well,and it too often leads to incoherence. The G minor Fantasia leaves other works of thetype far behind, because its passage-writing isexpressive and full of harmonic suggestion, and evenmore because of the skill with which these passagesare balanced and contrasted by fine polyphony,chains of suspensions, and daring modulations,the whole being held together by a fine pedal Bachs earlier essays in this field we frequentlyfind the contrasting passages almost if not quite asloose in texture as the recitative to which they actas foil. Compare such easy-going methods withthat employed here. Note how, the openingflourish over. Bach applies a corrective in the shapeof a brief section in which the three manualparts discuss very closely a figure based on the i66 THE ORGAN WORKS OF BACH diminished fifth, while the pedal in a moredeliberate way deals with a similar motive: ^^-^•B-.
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