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In Full Swing

12/17/2016

 
by Rebecca Cochran
 
On this day, in 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized. (There exists no authentic record of the date of his birth.)
 
What we do know is that Beethoven was greatly influenced by Bach. He regularly studied the preludes and fugues of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, even copying out several of them to sort of reenact the process of composing them. He was also fond of playing these works in the salons of the nobility in Vienna.
 
When Beethoven learned that the Leipzig publishers, Hoffmeister and Kühnel, had plans to publish a complete edition of Bach’s clavier work, he stated, “That you want to publish Sebastian Bach’s works delights my heart, which beats wholly for the great and lofty art of this father of harmony, and I wish soon to see the enterprise in full swing.”

Monday Fugue

9/26/2016

 
by Rebecca Cochran
 
This morning, my first listening experience was an arrangement for string quartet of the Fugue No. 16 (BWV 885) from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2. The recording was by the famed Emerson String Quartet.
 
It made my Monday! Listen here.

Game Day

2/7/2016

 
by Rebecca Cochran
 
It’s Super Bowl Sunday here in the U.S. If football’s not your thing, there are other options.
 
Check out the clever J.S. Bach Fugue Game here. The game promotes active listening, requiring the player to search for pattern and structure while listening to Bach’s Fugue No. 2 in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier. I love the fact that Bach tallies your score as you play!

    My Year of Bach.

    This is an experiment.
    I love Bach: listening to Bach; playing Bach (alone or with others); discovering Bach; learning from Bach; sharing Bach.

    ​I need Bach in my daily life.

    ​So, for 2016, I'm challenging myself to write a short daily post about Bach. Come along for the ride, if you're so inclined. Let's listen, share and learn together!

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