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Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by tetraodonpuffer »

emersonrsantos wrote: post #18

If you are interested in pipe organs but can't afford one, check out Hauptwerk and its collection of hundreds of pipe organ sample sets from everywhere in the world. Check also its open-source alternative, GrandOrgue. There are excellent and free sets that work with both at http://piotrgrabowski.pl . Musicians spend thousands of dollars to build MIDI organ consoles or convert real consoles to use with these virtual p…

you can also spend a lot less and still have tons of fun with it, I personally have 3 cheap midi keyboards, a pedalboard I midified myself and two launchpads and it works great, total expense was definitely under $1,000

In terms of HW I can strongly recommend the Metzeler Silbermann [1], not that expensive and extremely satisfying to play.

As an autodidact I am definitely limited in what I am able to play, but it is still amazing to learn Bach pieces: I have listened to Bach's organ repertoire all my life since I was a kid, but learning a piece shows you a lot more just how amazing the music is.

[1] http://www.organartmedia.com/silbermann-metzler

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by haberman »

pierrec wrote: post #14

Just before seeing this on HN I was listening to Buxtehude's organ works on my way home. Buxtehude was one of the main inspirations for Bach as a composer¹, and I always find it interesting to go back and forth. But there's a reason Bach is the one that has come to be a superstar - there's the huge number of surviving works, of course, and in many ways how "the student surpassed the master", not least in contrapuncta…

One of the great stories about Bach is when he requested leave from his church position in Arnstadt to see Buxtehude in Lübeck, "to comprehend one thing and another about his art" (Bach's words). He walked 250 miles in 10 days to get there. Then he overstayed the one month of leave he had been given, arriving back home months late.

You can see some fun primary source material from this story here: https://books.google.com/books?id=LfII_HSZ0JkC&lpg=PR16&ots=...

It begins: "The organist in the New Church, Bach, is interrogated as to where he has lately been for so long and from whom he obtained leave to go."

"He has been to Lübeck in order to comprehend one thing and another about his art, but had asked leave beforehand from the Superintendent.

"He had asked for only four weeks, but had stayed about four times as long."

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by tetraodonpuffer »

samuell wrote: post #59
samuell wrote: post #57

If any Bach newbies want something easy listened to start with, don't miss the classic, Toccata & Fuga in D minor: http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-565/ Especially the middle parts (2:37 and forward) is just astonishing ... Very beautiful site btw!

And then the trio sonatas for organ are the master pieces of the master pieces if you ask me ... with three truly independent melodies masterfully interwoven most of the time ... did only find one so far though: http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-527/

one of my favorite recordings of the vivace of BWV 530, which is one of my favorite movements of the triosonate, has been on youtube for many years now, definitely recommended

https://youtu.be/S_84pCT230A

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by ianai »

kleiba wrote: post #87
lmcnish14 wrote: post #29

I love seeing this on HN! I'm particularly fond of Bach's cello suites but I'm probably biased since I'm a cellist. http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1010/

May I ask why you love it to be on HN? Sure, there have been lots of posts on HN over the years that I thought were borderline OT but for this I really don't see the connection to HN... But, in order to avoid tons of downvotes, I'd be happy to accept a good argument for why this should totally be here and not just, say, on Reddit.

Others noted a similarity between Bach's pieces and parallel programming. The way he managed to interplay tunes to create perceptions astounds. I'd suggest reading Goedel, Escher, Bach (sp?) for more. Also, organs have some relationship to transistors. I believe how they were engineered to handle air flows acts very similarly to a transistor.

For me, personally, Listenimg to Bach helps. His pieces are complicated in ways that stir my mind to creative thought and logic, at the same time.

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by seertaak »

gemma wrote: post #56
seertaak wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha, that brings up fond memories practising Giga on the guitar!

As a violinist with a degree in performance: I harbor eternal bitterness towards you and the rest of your kind.

You harbour bitterness towards guitarists in general or those (like me) that butcher classical pieces of music? Or am I missing something else? :)

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by inimino »

Freak_NL wrote: post #65

I really like AllOfBach's attempt to provide free/gratis recordings of, eventually, all of Bach's repertoire; it is a laudable endeavour. What disappoints me is the lack of vision on how this cultural resource can be maintained and spread amongst whoever benefits from it in the long term. All the copyrights appear to reside with the Netherlands Bach Society, and there appears to be no legal way to spread this resourc…

You can mention that in the country with the world's largest online population, it is inaccessible completely.
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