VLVL2 (15): Tokkata & Fuji

[Dave Monroe]

"Not only had the entire population actually slept the
night before, but tehy were now also wakening, in
reply to a piping, chiming music, synchronized, coming
out of wristwatches, timers, and personal computers,
engraved long ago, as if for this moment, on sound
chips dumped once in an obscure skirmish of the
silicon market wars, expedited in fact by Takeshi
Fumimota, as part of a settlement with the
ever-questionable trading company of Tokkata & Fuji,
all playing together now, and in four-part harmony,
the opening of J.S. Bach's 'Wachet Auf.'" (VL, Ch. 15,
pp. 324-5)


"Tokkata & Fuji"

p. 325 "Tokkata & Fuji" = Toccata and Fugue.

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm

Main Entry: toc·ca·ta 
Pronunciation: t&-'kä-t&
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, from toccare to touch, from
(assumed) Vulgar Latin -- more at TOUCH
: a musical composition usually for organ or
harpsichord in a free style and characterized by full
chords, rapid runs, and high harmonies

Main Entry: fugue 
Pronunciation: 'fyüg
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue,
from Latin, flight, from fugere
1 a : a musical composition in which one or two themes
are repeated or imitated by successively entering
voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous
interweaving of the voice parts b : something that
resembles a fugue especially in interweaving
repetitive elements
2 : a disturbed state of consciousness in which the
one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness
but upon recovery cannot recollect the deeds

http://m-w.com/

J.S. Bach, "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" BWV 565
("The Dorian") ...

http://www.jsbach.org/bwv565.html

http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=381

http://www.ringtonesgalore.co.uk/enhanced/baroque/toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minor/js-bach/

http://www.imdb.com/List?keywords=bach-toccata-and-fugue


"Wachet Auf"

J.S. Bach, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140

http://www.jsbach.org/bwv140.html

Cf. ...

http://www.jsbach.org/bwv645.html

Wake, arise, the voices call us 
Of watchmen from the lofty tower; 
Arise, thou town Jerusalem! 
Midnight's hour doth give its summons; 
They call to us with ringing voices; 
Where are ye prudent virgins now? 
Make haste, the bridegroom comes; 
Rise up and take your lamps! 
Alleluia! 
Prepare to join 
The wedding feast, 
Go forth to meet him as he comes!

http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV140.html

"one of the best tunes ever to come out of Europe"
(VL, Ch. 15, p. 325)


	
		
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