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.”
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.”
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