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I really enjoyed this. It is exactly the style of composition I've been exploring recently (although only now that my school music teacher's off my tail can I 'revert' to a more baroque idiom!), so I find it especially engaging. I particularly like the repeated notes in the fugue. They create a type of melody that's almost alien to the High Baroque period by which you have been so clearly influenced, and along with the chromaticism they make the composition very engaging (even if there are a few clumsy moments). It's also interesting reading both your comments on Bach's composition method. Certainly I agree that despite the introspective nature of many of his religious works, it is in the works for personal performance and pleasure, particularly the organ works, that one gains perhaps the greatest insight into Bach's musical personality.
I really hope the University I end up at has a harpsichord somewhere!
P.S. Do listen to some Gesualdo sooner or later.
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