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I feel like I have to channel my old math teacher. It was Euler. He also lived without electricity, and went blind too. And yet he figured out a huge amount of interesting stuff, roughly corresponding with high school math. Euler also moved across countries.
It’s like Cowen can’t help himself at this point. The world would be better served if he spent more time reviewing ethnic restaurants than publishing thoughtfarts like this. I guess it’s a better use of Koch Brothers money than their usual pursuits, at least.
> 9. Never experiencing true defeat or setback I don't think this is correct. Bach was seeking a position of court composer (like Handel) and even sent his 6 Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt in 1721. He didn't get the position. Brandenburg Concertos are some of his best works and I can't imagine how much top-quality secular music he could have written if he got the position.
I'm not affiliated or anything but The Great Courses' "Bach and the High Baroque" [0] course is a great Series on Bach (Robert Greenbert's courses are great overall). 0: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/bach-and-the-high-ba...
Not ready to throw 300usd on audio. Is there any good podcast with the history of music?
I feel like I have to channel my old math teacher. It was Euler. He also lived without electricity, and went blind too. And yet he figured out a huge amount of interesting stuff, roughly corresponding with high school math. Euler also moved across countries.
His contributions in physics were truly groundbreaking, a lot of traditional theoretical mechanics is coming from him mostly.
And not even all of his works in Latin were translated yet...
I'm not affiliated or anything but The Great Courses' "Bach and the High Baroque" [0] course is a great Series on Bach (Robert Greenbert's courses are great overall). 0: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/bach-and-the-high-ba...
(Betteridge's law of headlines, etc.)
Without dismissing Bach's work (or the others named in the discussion, I would had picked Leonardo with my shallow default knowledge on the topic) we should acknowledge how biased is what we know. Not just because how we select what we should focus on, but how partial is the information that managed to reach us today.