Fugue for Organ in D major (1783)

Biamonti 6, WoO 31
It has been suggested that this minor work in D major dates from a time in Beethoven’s youth when he was applying for an organ position. Given the quality of this shockingly poor meandering "fugue" it’s likely he didn’t get the job. One senses that Beethoven knows what a fugue is supposed to do at specific times: the pedal point toward the end; the returns of the subject; the stretto to ramp up tension; the sequential episode, et al, but doesn't really know how to put them all together: the cadences aren't clear, nor elided. All in all it is simply clumsy. B-.