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DAY 133 | GREAT COMPOSERS |
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
MORE THAN JUST A GOOD ORGANIST
Perhaps no other composer in history has had a greater reach than Johann Sebastian Bach—a thought made even more profound considering that Bach was one of history’s least-traveled composers (living and dying in Germany); that he was known in his day more for his organ playing than his compositions;1 and that his works were largely forgotten for more than 50 years after his death.
Born into a musical family at the height of the Baroque period, Bach ...
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