LDV302

24 BACH_4 TOCCATAS & FUGUES Soli Deo Gloria . No stylistic affectation, no deference to religious tutelage, this epigraph was for Bach a statement of the obvious. Throughout his life and œuvre , he used it not only to affirm the essentially divine nature ofmusic, but also as a humble admission that he was simply an intermediary for the expression of human contrition and gratitude.