Packet 8: Tossup 17

The second movements of each of Bach’s three violin sonatas have second movements which are these pieces in G minor, A minor, and C major, respectively. (-5[1])Fourteen (15[1])of these pieces appear alongside four canons in an 18th century work titled for them. (-5[1])The Thema Regium (15[2])features (15[2])in two “ricercars,” (15[3])examples of these pieces (15[2])in (15[1])(*) The Musical Offering. 24 of these pieces, (10[2])which name a (-5[1])landmark (10[2])work titled for the (10[1])“Art of” (10[1])them, (10[5])are paired with (10[3])24 (10[4])preludes (10[2])in The (10[1])Well-Tempered (10[2])Clavier. (10[2])This is the second title (10[1])piece in a haunting D minor work that opens Disney’s Fantasia. For 10 points, what contrapuntal work is paired with a toccata (10[1])in (10[1])a J.S. Bach organ (10[2])piece? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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