Happy Birthday to Johann Sebastian Bach, one of Classical Music's greatest composers ever. Bach's genius has greatly influenced the history of Western music, and his brilliant and beautiful compositions are loved by people around the world. Many of the building blocks of Classical Music come directly from Bach, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier (as one of the greatest books of studies for keyboard players), the unaccompanied Violin and Cello works (as marvelous examples of solo instrumental writing), and the Chorales (as the staple of the study of Harmony). Bach's extraordinary intelligence is found throughout his works, and especially in pieces such as the Musical Offering and the Art of Fugue, where he shows his mastery of counterpoint and musical imitation. At the same time, Bach's music is always very beautiful and full of both life and emotion.
To celebrate Bach's Birthday, we have several special links to information about Bach:
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc.html - Contains scores to the complete Well-Tempered Clavier as well as movies about many of the fugues!
http://www.jsbach.org/ - Contains information about every piece written by Bach, along with recommended recordings for each work.
http://www.kunstderfuge.com/bach.htm - Contains a large biography of Bach along with hundreds of Bach MIDI files
Enjoy, and be sure to email us at imaweb@imusicassociation.com if you have any Bach questions, comments, or articles to submit!
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