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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue

• ... that Bach's
  Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue for keyboard instrument was regarded as a unique masterpiece already by his first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel
  ?

• Reviewed: William Mundy (composer)

Created by Swanstone (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 20:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough, QPQ done, cited inline in the article. Hook is interesting, but "masterpiece" is not exactly how the biographer put it. Might I suggest an alternate?

ALT1 … that Bach's

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue for keyboard was already regarded as "unique" and "second to none" of his compositions by his first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel

?

Thank you, I like that! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:30, 4 June 2015 (UTC)