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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”-Politics and the English Language
Thanks for reading W.T.F. Bach?! This post is…
7 months, 1 week ago
124: Joy is G Major. Book One.
G Major: Bach’s key of virtuosity, celebration, exuberance (with his occasional contented reflections on mortality.) The passion music and death in t…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
123: The Negroni & 'Paradise Lost'
A new type of episode, Quodlibets! Quod (what) + libet (it pleases) or, ‘whatever you like,’ ‘anything at all.’ This episode centers on a beautiful c…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
122: Was F-Sharp Minor, Golgotha?
“It’s not that Bach writes music and then sits in an armchair and thinks about God... Bach writing music is Bach thinking about God.”
Individual keys …
8 months ago
121: So... What Does 'Well-Tempered' Mean?
The Well-Tempered Clavier …what does it actually imply?
In this episode I seek (in 18 minutes) to demonstrate mathematically pure intervals, alongside…
8 months, 1 week ago
120: A Double Canon (4 Parts from 2 Lines)
A double canon from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein! A bit late, but Bach’s take on this Christmas tune is really wonderful. See how both melodies combine to ma…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
119: Special Guest! Paul Jacobs
I had the great pleasure of speaking with Mr. Paul Jacobs. On the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death, July 28th, 2000, Jacobs played Bach’s complete o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
118: How to Practice! (+ Advice for Teens)
Update: Just got five promo codes to download Time Guru (the cool metronome app mentioned in the episode.) Send me a message or let me know down belo…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
117: I Forgot C Minor! BWV 847
This famous piece:
saw quite a few revisions between its conception and the version we know. For starters, note the earliest version’s key signature, …
9 months, 1 week ago
116: Chromatic Finale Of The First Half, BWV 857
We’ve traveled halfway through the chromatic scale and Bach celebrates this victory with one of the more complex fugues in the collection. The subje…
9 months, 2 weeks ago