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The greatest contrapuntalist who ever lived. Bach's music is sole-lifting. Bach's work is more sublime than words can describe. Playing, singing and listening to Bach's music taught me the importance of studying music properly, taking care with my own counterpoint (the way in which the composer makes melodies combine). It taught me the importance of refinement, of balancing heart and brain, of respect for one's musical materials, of keeping an eye on how local musical development and form interact and of the ways in which symbols can be incorporated into music in productive ways. My favourite works are the Preludes & Fugues, the 2-Part Inventions, the Brandenberg Concerti, the St Matthew Passion, the Well-Tempered Clavier, The Cantata BWV 29 and the Art of Fugue. Sublime. |
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