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An extensive biography, tour of Bach's life in Germany, catalog of his works, bibliography, recommended recordings, and links. Award-winning site, maintained by Jan Hanford in North America and Jan Koster in Europe.
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The J.S. Bach Home Page This site was created and is maintained by Jan Hanford (North America) and Jan Koster (Europe) copyright 169 1995-2005 Awards and Acknowledgements...Archive and research institute at Baldwin-Wallace College. Organization, contact, and journal subscription information provided, along with links and festival details.
http://www.bw.edu/~bachinst
Tim Smith's studies of the composer's life and music, concentrating on the contrapuntal music.
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Canons Fugues of J. S. Bach Check out the new movies on the Well-Tempered Clavier Get CDLink to play CDs from these pages The Canons Anatomy of a Canon Fourteen Canons on the Goldberg Ground Nine Canons of the Goldberg Variations Ten Canons of the Musical...Biographical information, pictures and the full texts of over forty cantatas.
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J.S. BACH Bibliography are complementary to the Bach Home Page created by Jan Hanford. Jan's pages and those presented here can be seen as a joint project set up to promote world-wide web interest in and knowledge about one of the greatest...Complete vocal works with English translations. Limited permission to copy in programs and program notes.
http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/
Basic information on the composer. Drop-down menu allows focus on specific periods of his life. Links to lives of other composers.
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Famous Classical Composers Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Bach was a universal musician, and his contrapuntal music, though steeped in the flavour of his period, has emotional depth and universal appeal Bach's Early Life Bach1685-1750 Beethoven1770-1827 Chopin1810-1849 Gershwin1898-1937 Haydn1732-1809 Mozart1756-1792 Sibelius1865-1957 Tchaikovsky1840-1893...News of Bach concerts in the Cathedral which support its Music Foundation Trust. Includes contact and membership information and an events diary.
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Page Title It has as its aims the study and performance of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach in the Exeter area.Main concerts take place in Exeter Cathedral.Contacts with all who share an interest are welcomed. HOME CONTACTS DIARY MEMBERSHIP GENERAL The...Review of the biography by Christoph Wolff details the book's contents and points out highlights.
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Johann Sebastian Bach biography by Christoph Wolff Wolff is modest and stresses the fact that the research on Bach is far from finished. At any time, new sources can be found, as happened during his writing of the biography Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician. Regarding the...Brief sketch of his life, focusing on his rapidity of composition and technical skills both in playing and maintaining various instruments.
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Biography of J.S. Bach Bach is almost synonymous in modern day with mastery of baroque music composition. He is widely (or universally) recognized as one of three giants of the artform (along with Mozart and Beethoven Additionally, he was master of the church organ,...Complete works catalog, directory of internet resources, recommended recordings, MIDI and RealAudio files, images, icons, links, and a monthly quiz and CD giveaway.
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Dave's J.S. Bach Works Catalog Contents Catalog Contents Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis 1-524· Vocal Works 525-771· Organ Works 772-994· Keyboard Works 995-1013· Other Solo Instrumental Works 1014-1040·Chamber Works for Duos and Trios 1041-1071·Concertos and Orchestral Suites 1072-1080·Canons and Late Contrapuntal Works 1081-1120·Recently Discovered Works Appendix Anhang1-23 183;Fragmentary and Lost...Netherlands directory of categorized links from Europe, Asia, and the United States including English, Dutch, and German.
http://bach.pagina.nl/
Directory of annotated links. Listing by institutions, departments and societies, general links, catalogue of works and bibliographies, works, related Baroque composers, his world, performance practice, and Baroque instruments.
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The Bach-Portal Welcome to the Bach-Portal! about this project internet resources contact last updated: june, 20th 2004...Review of the biography by Malcolm Boyd. Emphasizes the book's strengths, including early influences that triggered his creative outbursts.
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Johann Sebastian Bach biography by Boyd It covers the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, who died 250 years ago. The author examines in detail the Bach-dynasty of musicians. Having several generations of a family dedicated to music was nothing unusual at that time, as...Gives overview of his influences, including the German and Italian keyboard schools, French polyphony and organ music, as well as mathematics.
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Classical Net Bach His Predecessors In the context of a very critical discussion on Bach, I was asked about the influence of his predecessors on his music It is easy to see Bach as very much a part of the German keyboard school indeed almost...Classical music pages article from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. Also links to related composers and topics, including cantatas, orchestral music, instrumental music, illustrations, list of works, and bibliography.
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Johann Sebastian Bach He was the youngest son of Johann Ambrosius Bach, a town musician, from whom he probably learnt the violin and the rudiments of musical theory. When he was ten he was orphaned and went to live with his elder brother...Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian Links to essays at other sites: Baroque Music by Claude V. Palisca Please note: These links will open in a new window. Biographical essay from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music Biographical essay at the Karadar site If the Karadar...A large directory of J.S. Bach resources on the internet.
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Bach Central Station Station was created and is maintained by David J. Grossman. All original material is copyrighted 1999 (unpronounceable) Productions. Sorry for the lack of updates. I have a lot of sites to evaluate and I'll try and get the site updated...Biography emphasizing personality and relationships as well as musical abilities from Decca.
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Decca Music Group Composers I had to work hard thus said the established court musician, looking back on his early years. He certainly never had it easy, at least not in the conventional sense, for at the age of nine he was already orphaned...Dedicated to building a community of those who love the Bach's pipe organ music. Includes biography, workshops, tributes, organ schools and purchase information, clip art, jokes, sheet music, recording and book sales, and links.
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A BACHorgan.com web page. Johann Sebastian Bach,pipe organ A website dedicated to building a community of people who love the pipe organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach The Pipe Organ Webring Join Now Ring Hub Random Next...Brief chronology, partial list of works with MIDI audio for selected BMV numbers, gallery, and contact information.
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The Father of Music J.S.Bach Search: Lycos Tripod Wallace Gromit Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site Browse Sites 171; Previous Top 100 Next 187; J.S. BACH 1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, Baroque period. BiographyGallery List of WorkEmail me for commentsGuest Book next...Exploration of the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of the works involved. Includes MIDI audio samples.
http://www.geocities.jp/imyfujita/index.html
Over 1500 complete compositions in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Includes two biographies, time line, download and playing instructions, and links to artist pages.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Bach Click to renew your subscription: it's 20% less before expiration Click to send a personalized Gift Membership at 20% off Login to be recognized as a subscriber. Click to subscribe to the Archives for $25/year J.S.Bach Beethoven Brahms Chopin Debussy...Find a Grave details the burial, reburial, and subsequent moving of the composer's remains to Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany with portrait of composer and photographs of grave plate and church exterior.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4237
Biography, musicography, links to related composers, and companion resources from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Johann Sebastian Bach Bach was born into the musical family of Bachs in Eisenach in 1685. 1 His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, had held the post of a court trumpeter in Eisenach along with that of head of the town piper band, and...Detailed biography and comments on his music from Grove Music plus MIDI audio, illustrations, and links from Kunst der Fuge.
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Bach. MIDI/ZIP collections and life: kunstderfuge.com. Carols of uncertain antiquity Maier's alchemic music Medieval music Pachelbel's Fugues on the Magnificat Piano Rolls Recordings! Polish music (Carols, Psalms and Poland music) Popular music Tunes: Scottish music Irish music Welsh music English music American music Canadian music Rag-Time...Study of his compositional ideas using the clavier transcription (BWV 964) of the A minor Sonata for solo violin (BWV 1003). Includes musical notation to illustrate the author's points.
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Bach's Method of Transcription Among the huge corpus of works by J.S. Bach is a sizeable number of transcriptions. A rather neglected part of the Bach repertory, these transcriptions have only recent]y gained more respectability and interest among scholars and performers. Their impact on...Revisitation of the ongoing debate among factions of early music artists attempts to ascertain the more "historically correct" time signature for the composer's works. Includes endnotes, chart, and links.
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Bach's Notation of Tempo and Early-Music Performance by Bernard D. Sherman Some of the wording is not yet modified to reflect what was eventually printed; it will be Bernard D. Sherman is the author of Inside early music (Oxford University Press, 1997 co-editor of Performing Brahms (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming and...Article examining the role the composer's works had in helping to reunite a Europe torn by post-Reformation conflict even as it became the standard upon which almost all subsequent Western music was based.
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Two centuries of ideological warfare In this period of millennial perspectives it is appropriate that we study the 3 ideological cataclysms which, over the last 500 years, have shattered the European spiritual continuum: The Catholic-Protestant polarization of western European Christianity...A review of Michael Bach's performance of Bach's solo cello suites (Mode Records) using a curved cello bow which allows him to play chords without arpeggiation. Review considers the significance and historical implications of the curved bow in the performance of Bach's music.
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On Bach and the curved bow Bach and the curved bow by James Pritchett Copyright 1995 by James Pritchett. All rights reserved. These recordings of J. S. Bach's suites for unaccompanied cello are noteworthy because of cellist Michael Bach's use of a curved bow. This bow...Reprinted article examines the possibility that Bach used one singer per part rather than a larger choir in many of his vocal works.
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"Rifkin's Pesky Idea by Bernard D. Sherman The choral recordings in her collection, she said, didn't convey what she calls the true feeling of the mass Out of curiosity, I sent her a tape dubbed from Joshua Rifkin's 1982 recording, with one singer per part. Was I...Joshua Rifkin defends his own ideas on Bach's use of single-voiced choir parts by way of scholar Arnold Schering.
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Joshua Rifkin Schering's Wacky Theory Bach performance have had a way of disappearing into the graveyard of interpretative fads. Wondering just what crazy notion the writer had in mind, I glanced upwards and saw the title Rifkin's Pesky Idea [by Bernard D. Sherman, from Early...Paul Baker of Diabolus in Musica uses the music of Bach to illustrate perceived problems and solutions to various performance issues, including choir size and instrument choice.
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Early Music Myths This is a page full of all the current bees in my bonnet, gripes, digs at the classical music establishment, etc. This is where I get to be contentious, obstreperous and unbearably lengthy. It's a DIY kit for being a...Biography and music examples in the form of sheet music and sound files.
http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/johann-sebastian-bach.htm
Contemporary prints of Bach's Leipzig showing familiar scenes and some lesser-known facets of Leipzig city life, institutions and facilities. Of unusual interest is the city's piped fresh water supply.
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Bach's Leipzig in Pictures Pleisse is the river on which Leipzig sits. A little to the left is the Thomaskirche; just on the right of it, the Thomasschule. Bach looked out over the moat to the Promenade; he also had ready access through the...The composer's string music, especially lute and guitar, with specialized articles and links to internet resources .
http://www.bachplucked.com/
A well documented examination of Bach's possible oboists, as well as the instrument's range and notational problems, covering compositions from Mülhausen to Leipzig.
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JNL 6: The Oboe and the Oboe D'amore in Bach's Church Cantatas This article is taken from his doctoral dissertation. Dr. Denton is principal oboist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Indiana State University Woodwind Quintet. The Oboes in Bach's Orchestras Bach's earliest church cantatas were...Detailed biography, covering each period in Bach's life.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: a detailed informative biography Life inin contemporarycolor illustrations BAROQUE COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS BACH Altersbild"Portrait inOld Age BACH BAROQUE CDs catalog Johann Sebastian Bach Jump to the different periods in Bach's life: EISENACH: 1685-1695 OHRDRUF: 1695-1700 LNEBURG: 1700-1702 WEIMAR (first term 1703. ARNSTADT: 1703-1707 MHLHAUSEN:...A comprehensive, searchable catalogue of books, articles, theses, papers and facsimile editions on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Bach Bibliography Quick search using keywords, e.g. author, title, year of publication Complex Search 11 Dec 04 Find items by specifying works, aspect of discussion, and/or language used Essential Collections 31 Dec 04 Links to oft-used reference materials, catalogues and important series...Color illustrations with captions and music samples documenting the major periods in Bach's life.
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Bach's Life in Pictures Contemporay illustrations of Bach's life and surroundings Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st l685, the son of Johann Ambrosius (right court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and director of the musicians of the town of Eisenach in...Information for amateur singers and orchestral players wishing to join a long-established choir & orchestra for weekend study and performance of Bach cantatas and related works.
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Welcome to the home page of DORSET BACH CANTATA CLUB (DBCC) We are a unique society for the study and private performance of Bach Cantatas and related works. Links to other sites on the Web Who we are What we...Musical biography with early influences, summaries of instrumental talents, professional positions, and compositions, historical significance, and partial list of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa...a/learning/grove.html?record=589
Listing at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with German lyrics, many having English translations.
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/b/bach.html
Glory to God Alone: The Life of J.S. Bach is a video documentary. Filmed on location in Germany, it features Bach scholars Christoph Wolff, Robin Leaver and guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening.
http://www.elca.org/co/mosaic/winter02.html
An organization devoted to linking and supporting local Bach organizations worldwide.
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Welcome to The Global Bach Community Home Page Bach organizations worldwide....Mourning Ode on the death of Queen Christiana of Poland/Saxony, 1727. Illustrated history, full text, and music samples.
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Johann Sebastian BACH Cantata 198: The TRAUER ODE. Illustrated history, full text and music samples. Trauerode was probably the most significant to the composer, the performers and the citizens of Leipzig. In 1697, Friedrich August, Elector of Saxony, assumed the Polish crown, which traditionally passed not through lineage, but on selection by the Polish nobility...Directory of free Bach mp3s made available by the performing artists.
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The Johann Sebastian Bach Mp3 Page on Classic Cat Subscribe for music downloads to EMusic or Napster Name/Genre/Year/PopularityBWVAAlla Breve in D major (1;5m) 589Allegro and Adagio in G major (1;3m)1019aAllein Gott in der Hoeh sei Ehr BWV676 (1;5m) 676An Waserfluessen Babylon BWV653 (1;5m) 653An Wasserfluessen Babylon (1;6m) 267Aria and...Index summarizing fugue-by-fugue analysis drawing comparisons from visual arts, physics, mathematics, literature and astronomy. Links to scores with digital sound and many resources on the life and works of Bach, designed for a course at Northern Arizona University.
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc
Analytical essays and animations by Tim Smith, performance-related essays by David Korevaar, and Korevaar's performances of the music. [Shockwave]
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Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores, and digital sound Entrance requires Macromedia Shockwave and broadband. Alternate HTML entry here. 2005 Macromedia Higher Education Innovation Gallery 2003 MERLOT Editor's Choice and Classics awards....Complete BWV listing of Bach's Organ Works with links to CD recordings on Silbermann Organs from the Baroque Music Club.
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Bach's organ works complete BWV listing Sonatas organ pedalhpschd E. Power Biggs, pedal-hapsichord BACH 744 BWV 528 Trio sonata E Minor Nicholas Danby, pedal-hapsichord BACH 727 BWV 531 Prelude and Fugue C Major Robert Kbler, Silbermann organ 1741 Grosshartmannsdorf BACH 709 BWV 532 Prelude and Fugue...Founded in 1970 by Craig Smith to perform the complete cycle of over 200 sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in the liturgical setting for which they were intended. Includes extensive translations and program notes.
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Emmanuel Music These concerts have become a uniquely bright thread in the city's musical culture, the kind of ambitious project you would not find in any other American city or European capital, for that matter. Richard Dyer, Boston Globe Dont miss the...An essay on the controversy over authorship of the religious song Be Thou with Me. Janet I. Wasserman argues that it originates with Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and was later adapted by Bach.
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Bist du bei mir It is played on hand chimes. It is played on solo trumpet, flute, harp, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, and violin. It is played by every type and size of instrumental ensemble. It is sung solo whether S, A, T, or B...Tad Inoue of Japan provides an English version of a research paper dealing with the source material and characteristics of the lyrics with an evaluation of these writings.
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A Study of the Texts of J.S. Bach's Motets The purposes of this study are threefold: to reveal the sources of the vocal texts of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750 to point out the characteristics of the texts employed by Bach, and to evaluate the texts of BachLs motets in...Detailed biography of the life of J.S. Bach with links to many of his Cantata scores as Adobe PDF files.
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Christian reformer of the Renaissance, and Johann Sebastian Bach, the greatest of all Lutheran Church musicians of the Baroque Era, were educated as children in the same town of Eisenach, Germany. Historically, Luther stands as a titan among the religious...Biography, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM files from the Internet Public Library. Written by by Robert Sherrane, Cataloging librarian The Juilliard School, New York.
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Internet Public Library: Music History 102 Regarded as perhaps the greatest composer of all time, Bach was known during his lifetime primarily as an outstanding organ player and technician. The youngest of eight children born to musical parents, Johann Sebastian was destined to become a musician....Detailing personal, professional life, and family life with annotated and rated sheet music offerings from Piano Paradise.
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Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach PianoParadise Bach would later surpass them all in his art. In an era when sons were expected to assist in their fathers work, we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age. Bach's...Detailed study of the intellectual and psychological dimensions of one of these works. Includes MIDI audio samples plus pianistic information about Schoenberg, Schumann, and Mari Kumamoto.
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the Goldberg Variations, J.S.Bach, Glenn Gould, Mari Kumamoto You can access various kinds of data concerning Bach's Goldberg Variations. And also, you can enjoy this particular music through MIDI. Go To The Goldberg Variations Front Page S O U N D C O L L A G E...Paper on his ideas of Wohltemperirt and the history of the system. Also information about tuning a harpsichord in this system.
http://ha.kellner.bei.t-online.de/
brief biography, caricature, summaries of his choral and vocal, organ, other keyboard, chamber, orchestral, and concerto output, and Naxos discography.
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Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music National Sites Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA a href onclick javascript:openAboutUsWin AboutUs/AboutUs.asp onMouseOver About_button.src images/new2/t...Wikipedia article covering formative years, professional life and family life, later years, and legacy with BWV commentary, further reading, internal references, external links, and portrait.
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Johann Sebastian Bach Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Haussmann portrait of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685 July 28, 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and keyboard drew together almost all of the strands of the baroque...Filmography linked to hundreds of films and television shows using his works with biography, trivia, and links from the Internet Movie Database.
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Johann Sebastian Bach Home TopMovies|Photos|IndependentFilm|Browse|Help Login Register to personalize All Titles My Movies Names Companies Keywords Characters Quotes Bios Plots 160; More searches TipsIMDbPro.com free trial Showing page 1 of 15 categorized combinedsorted by ratingssorted by votesawards nominationstitles for saleby genreby keywordpower searchcredited...Hymn tunes by him or based on his works with MIDI audio and NWC format scores plus portrait. From the Cyberhymnal.
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Bach was buried in the cemetery at St. John’s Church in Leipzig; in 1900, his remains were moved to a crypt inside the church. The church was destroyed in World War II, so in 1949, he was re-interred in Leipzig’s...City-by-city musical biography with hymn tunes, cantatas, organ chorales, and bibliography from Hymnuts.
http://hymnuts.luthersem.edu/hcompan/writers/bach.htm
Biography, timeline, quotes, key works, suggested recordings and reading, selected works, and links from Humanities Web.
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The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit Composer of the Baroque era, the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians....Classical music dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, illustrations, and MIDI audio files.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 He excelled his forebears and contemporaries, but he did not always receive the respect he deserved in his own lifetime. In 1708 he was appointed court organist in Weimar where he composed most of his works for organ. In 1717...