The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Like the better-known BWV 565, BWV 538 also bears the title Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, although it is often referred to by the nickname Dorian — a reference to the fact that the piece is written without a key signature — a notation that is uncommon today and leads one to assume the Dorian mode.
| Date of composition | 1708 (1708-1725, unsure) in Weimar, Germany |
| First published | 1845 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Toccata |
| Tonality | D Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 538 |
| Approx. duration | 13 minutes |
| Instruments | Organ |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Toccata and Fugue en ré mineur, BWV 538 "Dorian" Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in re minore, BWV 538 "Dorian" Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue d-moll, BWV 538 "Dorian" |