"Nightmare" in G Minor

Hi, I'm Mike, I'm fairly new here. I have several pieces up on 8notes, but this site appears to get a lot more traffic.

Now, I know that this piece is technically not a fugue. I titled it "fugue" because I was going for the feel of Bach's Fugue in D Minor, and not because it follows the fugue form exactly. I'd post the sheet music, but I'm not quite sure how to do that. Here's a couple links to where you can listen to the mp3:

Michael McClellan - Nightmare in G Minor sheet music - 8notes.com

And yes, this is a MIDI recording. If anyone would like to play and record it live, I would be very happy to send them the music.

*No longer called "Fugue" in G Minor - now called Nightmare in G Minor.

Finale 2004a - [fugue.pdf

Welcome!

I respect that you were trying to create the same kind of atmosphere as Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and I think you have succeeded to some extent.

To call something a fugue when you know it not to be one is a misleading, though, and not a good policy. You could call it anything else you might want ("Fantasia in G minor" might work), but a fugue is a very specific and special thing, and people have reasonably strict expectations of anything with that name. Let the music speak for itself, but be careful about names, especially those referring to specific forms.

Hmm... I understand where you're coming from... I'm trying to come up with some suitable name for it... maybe Sonnet in G Minor or something flippant like that...

The name is changed. It is now Nightmare in G Minor. I thought it was too dark to call it "Fantasy".