Comments on: Bach Documentary http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/10/15/bach-documentary/ Devoted to authentic Lutheranism Wed, 23 May 2012 21:13:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Veenman http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/10/15/bach-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-9148 Mark Veenman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:17:55 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/?p=3507#comment-9148 Bach - what a towering master. I have always found it very interesting that his vast (and exceedingly beautiful) musical production at the reformed court of Anhalt-Cöthen was largely (almost exclusively) secular. Could it be that the early, hyper-reformed prohibition on instruments in church led to a proliferation of secular or non-liturgical music? Schade, eigentlich..... Mark Veenman Bach – what a towering master. I have always found it very interesting that his vast (and exceedingly beautiful) musical production at the reformed court of Anhalt-Cöthen was largely (almost exclusively) secular. Could it be that the early, hyper-reformed prohibition on instruments in church led to a proliferation of secular or non-liturgical music? Schade, eigentlich…..
Mark Veenman

]]> By: Jeff Samelson http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/10/15/bach-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-9145 Jeff Samelson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:54:01 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/?p=3507#comment-9145 <a href="#comment-9138" rel="nofollow">@Jeff Samelson</a> Thanks! Looks great -- now when will I find time to read it?! @Jeff Samelson
Thanks! Looks great — now when will I find time to read it?!

]]> By: Jeff Samelson http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/10/15/bach-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-9138 Jeff Samelson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:07 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/?p=3507#comment-9138 Thanks for this! Knowing what a Bach "fan" you are, I value your opinion: What Bach biography/ies do you recommend? <em>McCain: Wolff's biography is the best one out there now. Here is a link to it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Learned-Musician/dp/0393322564/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255634639&sr=8-1</em> Thanks for this!

Knowing what a Bach “fan” you are, I value your opinion: What Bach biography/ies do you recommend?

McCain: Wolff’s biography is the best one out there now. Here is a link to it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Learned-Musician/dp/0393322564/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255634639&sr=8-1

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