Something for a Friday: All of Bach

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Cantata BWV 40; "Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes"

"For this was the Son of God Revealed" - a Cantata for St Stephen's Day, originally published on the AoB site 51 weeks ago. A terrific work, performed here (3VpP) by the Netherlands Bach Society, conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann, and recorded in the Great Church of the Netherlands coastal city of Harlingen.

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-40/

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I am particularly attracted to the idea that it originates as a work for solo Violin, as, when I was 14, I made my own "arrangement" for solo violin, which I couldn't play, but which I could tell "fitted" the instrument rather well.

[Bryn]

One of my favourite 'solutions':

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Who is it by, then? What's the best guess?

Depends who you ask:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_minor,_BWV_565#Attribution_question

[Dave2002]

Well - that can't be said this week!

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-565/

("All of Bach" even if it isn't by Bach ... ?)

Who is it by, then? What's the best guess?