Previously unknown organ works by the musical genius Bach have been revealed and performed in Germany for the premiere performance in three hundred twenty years.
The nation's Culture Minister the government representative described the discovery of the pair of works a "great moment for the global music scene".
They originally drew interest of a Bach researcher in 1992 when he was organizing historical musical documents at the Belgian royal collection.
The musical compositions - the Chaconne in D minor and Chaconne in G minor - were dating unknown and without attribution. The scholar spent the following three decades working to verify the identity of the pieces.
They were played at the Thomas Church in Leipzig, where the composer is interred and where he served as a church musician for 27 years.
The pair of works were played by Dutch organist the musical performer, who said he was privileged to be able to present them for the initial performance in over three centuries.
He said the compositions were "remarkably sophisticated" and would be "a great asset for contemporary organ players, as they are also well-suited for smaller organs".
They are thought to have been composed at the beginning of Bach's professional life, when he was working as an organ instructor in the community of the Thuringian town in the German region.
The scholar, who is now the director of the Bach Archive in the municipality, said they displayed several features distinctive to the composer.
"Musically, the compositions also feature elements that can be observed in the composer's creations from that era, but not in those of different artists," he said.
They are thought to have been transcribed in the early eighteenth century by Bach's apprentice, the musical student.
At a unveiling of the compositions, the expert said he was "99.99% sure that the composer had composed the two pieces" and they have now been included into the authoritative listing of his works.
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