J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
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J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
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Re: J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
#2Yes, Bach was a dynamic and interesting person/composer. That being said, this reads less like a biography of a musical rebel and more like a sensationalist media retelling of his life as a way to sell a new book.
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#3Bach was the first rock star
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
Don't miss the chance to listen to this in a church.
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#4Seems tendentious to secularize Bach. There's something to be said for deistic awe for creating great art.
If you were just getting interested, here are some contemporary performances:
BWV 1006 by Nigel Kennedy: https://youtu.be/nWx4pIe7FoE?t=179
BWV 988 (goldberg variations) Glenn Gould https://youtu.be/p4yAB37wG5s?t=169
from BWV 816, Gigue, Andreas Schiff: https://youtu.be/f_U0lm6HZMk?t=777
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#5These depictions of JS Bach as a rebel and a bad boy are from people who don’t recognize or connect with the timeless underlining genuineness of Bach. His goal in every writing was to make music for the glory of God, purely. Weather you’re religious or not, clearly his music is genuine. What’s missing from this article is why did he he do the things he did, and the back stories to each one is seeped in his struggle with those who are selfish or otherwise poor minded compared to him. You can recognize bits of Tibetan saints even in this stories.
Here’s a perfect example where a head master downplays a music ciriuclum at a school, and he reacts to what is right and the speaker in this video can’t believe why he would stick up for what’s right vs his own self interest only. And then seems to imply that saints are just nice and don’t stick up for what’s right.
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#6These depictions of JS Bach as a rebel and a bad boy are from people who don’t recognize or connect with the timeless underlining genuineness of Bach. His goal in every writing was to make music for the glory of God, purely. Weather you’re religious or not, clearly his music is genuine. What’s missing from this article is why did he he do the things he did, and the back stories to each one is seeped in his struggle w…
> His goal in every writing was to make music for the glory of God, purely.
I'm having trouble seeing glorification of God in the Coffee Cantata (BWV 211).
Re: J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
#7Seems tendentious to secularize Bach. There's something to be said for deistic awe for creating great art. If you were just getting interested, here are some contemporary performances: BWV 1006 by Nigel Kennedy: https://youtu.be/nWx4pIe7FoE?t=179 BWV 988 (goldberg variations) Glenn Gould https://youtu.be/p4yAB37wG5s?t=169 from BWV 816, Gigue, Andreas Schiff: https://youtu.be/f_U0lm6HZMk?t=777
Do you have any good links for performances in the period style and instruments? THese are great in their own right, but I'd love to know how this music might have sounded in Bach's day.
Re: J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
#8These depictions of JS Bach as a rebel and a bad boy are from people who don’t recognize or connect with the timeless underlining genuineness of Bach. His goal in every writing was to make music for the glory of God, purely. Weather you’re religious or not, clearly his music is genuine. What’s missing from this article is why did he he do the things he did, and the back stories to each one is seeped in his struggle w…
> His goal in every writing was to make music for the glory of God, purely. I'm having trouble seeing glorification of God in the Coffee Cantata (BWV 211).
No sense of humor?
Re: J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
#9These depictions of JS Bach as a rebel and a bad boy are from people who don’t recognize or connect with the timeless underlining genuineness of Bach. His goal in every writing was to make music for the glory of God, purely. Weather you’re religious or not, clearly his music is genuine. What’s missing from this article is why did he he do the things he did, and the back stories to each one is seeped in his struggle w…
>the speaker in this video can’t believe why he would stick up for what’s right vs his own self interest only
Indeed, why bother to leave behind great artworks for future generations when there are such steeply diminishing returns for incremental improvements? Gardiner's recordings reflect this attitude.
Re: J.S. Bach the Rebel: The subversive practice of a canonical composer
#10Bach was the first rock star https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY Don't miss the chance to listen to this in a church.
For BWV 565 I prefer this youtube performance, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA