MUTATIONS: Organ Repertoire Translated to New Idioms.

Holst uses techniques such as these to emphasize the first and last fugue subjects of the final section (again, these are bass entries). FEATURES Gustav Holst (1874-1934) arranged Bach's Fugue in G Major, BWV 577, for military band as a preparatory exercise for his band composition Hammersmith, Op. 52, which was commissioned by the BBC'. Although BW-V 577 was once counted among J.S. Bach's compositions, this attribution is now regarded as spurious.2 Nevertheless, the Fugue in G Major-or the Fugue & la Gigue, as Holst dubbed it-has enjoyed lasting popularity, both as an organ work and a band transcription. [Extracted from the article]