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What makes Bach, BACH?!

As a special celebration, the 50th episode of The WTF Bach Podcast is a live lec…

3 years, 4 months ago

51: The (Other) Goldberg Canons BWV 1087

EPISODE TWO:

On the back of his own personal copy of the 'Goldberg Variations', Bach notated an additional fourteen canons. These were discovered onl…

3 years, 5 months ago

49: What is Chromaticism? (Albinoni Fugues)

I was recently asked to explain chromaticism, so I thought I'd give it a try here.

Bach's fugue based on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni in B minor, BWVs 9…

3 years, 5 months ago

48: The (Other) Goldberg Canons BWV 1087

On the back of his own personal copy of the 'Goldberg Variations', Bach notated an additional fourteen canons. These were discovered only as late as …

3 years, 6 months ago

47: An Encyclopedia and a Fugue

This episode was inspired by my recent discovery and purchase of an Encyclopedia Britannica. It's a fascinating collection of knowledge and I highly …

3 years, 7 months ago

46: What’s a Pythagorean Comma? (Introduction to Temperament)

More than simply, “in tune” or “out of tune” a temperament is a solution to the ancient problem of creating a circle out of a spiral. By the time Bac…

3 years, 9 months ago

54: The Prelude in C, BWV846 (à la WTF)

How much more famous can music be than that one Prelude in C?

The Prelude BWV 846, the first prelude in the Well-Tempered Clavier, is heard everywhere…

3 years, 10 months ago

44: What is Bach’s ‘Longest’ Piece?

It started with an Instagram Post, but like all questions about Bach, to answer the question of Bach's 'longest' piece required posing further questi…

3 years, 11 months ago

43: Cantata 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

A brief analysis of Cantata 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV147. Such a large piece of music, it gets it own episode. Will I continue to dev…

3 years, 11 months ago

42: Listener’s Choice, You asked, I talked.

SPOILER ALERT! I split this episode into TWO! The NEXT episode will cover cantata BWV147 exclusively. 

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4 years ago