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An Albanian poet I'm reading mentions a "symphony" that, after a commercial break, resumes at Toccata and Fugue. I assume this is a reference to Stokowski's orchestral transcription of the Bach but it occurred to me there might be an actual symphony with a single movement entitled Toccata and Fugue.

Erick Verran
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    At the time of Bach, sinfonia practically always meant an instrumental movement in e.g. a cantata, or three-part pieces as opposed to the two-part as inventions. I did not yet find any sinonia from Bach, which was further partitioned into separate movements. – guidot Nov 28 '19 at 13:27

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It's very likely this "symphony" is fictional.

There are a number of symphonies with movements entitled either "Toccata" or "Fugue".

  • The last movement of Charles-Marie Widor's Symphony for Organ no.5 is titled "Toccata"
  • The two movements of William Schumann's Symphony No.3 are titled "Passacaglia and Fugue" and "Chorale and Toccata"
  • The finale of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji‘s Second Organ Symphony consistes of four parts: Prelude, Adagio, Toccata and a Fugue
  • The sixth movement of Howard Blake's Symphony No.2 "Toccata" is titled "Fugue"
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