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There You Will Find Everything

2/2/2016

 
by Rebecca Cochran
 
What other composers said of Bach:
 
Mozart (upon his first hearing of a work by Bach): “At last, this is something I could learn from!”
 
Beethoven: “Not brook, but sea should he be called, because of his infinite, inexhaustible richness in tone combinations and harmonies.” (‘Bach’ is the German word for ‘brook’.)
 
Schubert: “Johann Sebastian Bach has done everything completely; he was a man through and through.”
 
Schumann: “We're all plodders compared to him.”
 
Brahms: “Study Bach and, there, you will find everything.”
Nate Jones
12/6/2017 02:41:29 pm

I’m so glad I just stumbled across this blog looking for that Schumann quote. Only Bach can make other geniuses look like amateurs!

It seems I’ve found someone else who is as utterly obsessed with Bach as I am. I’m about to read all your posts with delight.

Rebecca Cochran
12/6/2017 03:21:48 pm

Thank you, Nate. I am flattered! Sounds as if you're as passionate about Bach as I am!
Again, thanks!


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