Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bachwas a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth31 March 1685
CountryGermany
What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.
Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal clamour and ranting.
Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!
My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly...
On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.
I was a microscopic life-form, infinitely large, stumbled backstage of its playhouse, caught a nanosecond glance of its own reality and nearly vaporized in shock.
Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine!
Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit.
I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.
My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.
God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.
You just have to press the right keys and the right pedals at the right time and the music plays itself.
A Composition on the Piano
The most stupendous miracle in all music.