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A website about the composer J. S. Bach

Monday, 6. March 2006, 23:29:07

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Please click here to view a very nice site about Johann Sebastian Bach's life, works and recordings: http://www.jsbach.org

About Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 O.S. – 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together almost all of the strands of the baroque style and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new musical forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust and dazzling contrapuntal technique, a seemingly effortless control of harmonic and motivic organisation from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. Bach's forceful suavity and vast output have earned him wide acknowledgment as one of the greatest composers in the Western tonal tradition. Revered for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty, his works include the Brandenburg concertos, the keyboard suites and partitas, the Mass in B Minor, the St. Matthew Passion, The Musical Offering, The Art of Fugue and a large number of cantatas, of which about 220 survive. (Wikipedia)

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Comments

Fatimah # 6. March 2006, 23:41

HI Elmar,

I love his works and his mind he was a very magical man.

thank you for posting about him . he deserves so much

Eve

Melissa # 7. March 2006, 06:21

Steven Spielberg was working on a movie about famous composers.
He confronted Jean Claude Van Damme and asked him to play the part of Mozart.
Nobody says no to Mr Spielberg, so he agreed.
Next, he asked Sylvester Stylone to play Beethoven's part.
Sylvester was happy to agree.
Lastly he asked Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the role of Tchaikovsky.
Arnold shook his head and said: "No....... I'll be BACH".

I know the joke sucks

Thanks for the bit of history.

Regards,
Melissa

E. Driver # 7. March 2006, 07:15

Good morning Eve and Melissa,

thanks for your visits. The best for me from Bach are the Goldberg Variations. Soon I'll have to put down a link for that here... Eve, when I'm back in Munich I'll try to translate your e-mail.

I'll be back

Elmar

Anonymous # 3. July 2006, 08:03

Archor writes:

I have just to say only that this man is an unbelievable phainomenon.
I am studing his works since i was a little boy and now 12 years later i sleep only after listening to at least 10 of his works.
His best achievements for me is his "Toccatas and Fugues" which are recorded on church organ.

hail to our brother Johann
Hail glorious Leipzig

E. Driver # 4. July 2006, 06:44

Hello Archor,

The Toccatas and Fugues are great. I agree with you.

All the best

Elmar

Anonymous # 11. August 2008, 09:32

lick writes:

Hi,
I am studying Bach and his Brandenburg Concerto in D Major for a music assignment, and if anyone out there has any good tips or random facts about Bach they wouuld be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Flick.