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This piece is really interesting. Judging by your introduction above, it sounds like you wanted to imitate the Bachian / Buxtehudian passacaglia tradition by resorting to the baroque idiom and copying many of the harmonic, melodic and motivic techniques employed therein.
Despite this, the composition sounds almost wholly dissimilar to Bach or Buxtehude. In fact, it sounds nothing like them. The result was something entirely original. It's often said that the best bursts of originality occur when someone tries to copy someone. . . . and fails spectacularly. I think this goes some way to illustrating that maxim. I like this piece a lot, but it's not harmonically similar to Buxtehude, despite what's been said above.
It sounds neither very old nor neo-baroque. . . . it's sort of. . . . I dunno. Like someone playing Buxtehude underwater or something.
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