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This moment in Bach's Passacaglia in C minor

Thinking about this strangely moving section at the end, when Bach suddenly breaks off from learned discourse to play- in the non-musical sense of the word. I wish this idea was pursued longer- but it breaks off abruptly to make way for the fugue.



 
 
 

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