The most famous organ piece in history is one that you've heard a million times.

Even if you don't know its name, and even if you don't know its composer, which spoiler

alert, I'll tell you right now.

It's the Takata Infugin D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.

At least that's the traditional view, some say it wasn't written by him at all.

Turns out to be a real detective story, but where will it lead us?

The authorship of the Takata Infugin is right now, UnSkeptoid.

Decoder Ring is Slates podcast about cracking cultural mysteries.

In each episode, host Willa Pascon takes a cultural question, object, or habit, examines

its history, and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters.

The latest season is full of juicy topics like, remember the viral phenomenon in Optical

Mindblower known as the Dress.

What can we learn from the rise and fall of one of the most well-known personal injury

law firms in America?

Listen to these episodes and more on Decoder Ring, wherever you get your podcasts.

For listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

On the authorship of the Takata Infugin D minor.

It is by a huge margin, the most famous and best known organ work on Earth.

Its famous opening is iconic in the truest sense of the word, immediately recognized by

nearly everyone, even if they don't know its title.

To its fans, it is a wild sweeping ride that tests the abilities of both its instrument

and its performer, who must draw every last bit of flexibility from both hands and both

...