I, too, heart Bach. Good thread is good. |
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I just plain love Bach! Did you know the word Bach is German for 'brook'? It's ironic because a brook is a small stream of water, yet Bach's music encompasses an ocean of expressive composition emulated by everyone after him. Romanticism and chromaticism were influenced by Bach's tonal theory. Beethoven and Chopin always had the Well-Tempered Clavier perched upon their pianos. Even the Beatles incorporated elements of Bach into their songs. Bach once said that anyone could achieve what he did as long as they worked hard enough. When I was in school, my English teacher asked everyone to share their heroes. I raised my hand and said Bach! I can't believe why my class burst into laughter. Many people think Bach is gaudy, like an ancient tapestry. But I cannot think that because when I listen to Bach, I hear a harmony of multipe independent lines of music weaving together into an intricate and harmonious tapestry. It's mesmerizing! Accounts of people who heard Bach play first-hand hundreds of years ago say that he played his music so evenly and precise that people would stop what they were doing and wander toward the music. I'd imagine they feared the music, they must have thought it unearthly and it was! It must have sounded like the sacred music foretold in book of Revelation. |
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Last edited by fy_iceworld; 09-06-2014 at 05:54 PM. Reason: Bach's picture
I, too, heart Bach. Good thread is good. |
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Let's start off with a modern lute (guitar) rendition of one of his suites by one of the greatest classical guitarists of all time: |
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Last edited by DeviantThinker; 09-07-2014 at 11:19 AM.
Another Bach fan here - and in a similar vein I also really dig Vivaldi. Don't really care so much for Beethoven though - don't H8! |
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Wow, thanks for the video, thats some amazing guitar. |
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Huh? I'm not sure what you mean there, Shamanite. He would have been acting the child if he just burst it out without any prompting but his teacher was asking the question and he had raised his hand beforehand. Just sounds like typical petty high school snobbery by the others to me. |
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I've always loved Jesu: Joy of Man's Desiring: |
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There are few moments in life when a piece of music affects one's being, for me this is one of them. |
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