Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 538 "Dorian" - J.S. Bach: Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 538 "Dorian": 2. Fuga (D小调托卡塔与赋格，作品538“多利安” - 第2首 赋格)-Ton Koopman/George Friedrich Handel

The fugue, also in D minor, is long and complex, and involves a rather archaic-sounding subject which prominently features syncopations and three upward leaps of a perfect fourth. The strict contrapuntal development is only broken in the final four bars, when a few massive chords bring the piece to a close. The fugue of BWV 538 is very similar to the fugue of BWV 540. They both imply an alla breve time signature; they both use subjects with semibreves and syncopated minims, with a rhythm of constant quavers, rather than constant semi-quavers seen in most of Bach's fugues; they both use chromaticism, harmonic suspensions, and uninterrupted succession of subjects and answers.Bach worked in Weimar between 1708 and 1717, during which he composed most of his organ works including BWV 538.