Comments on: Surprise! It’s Bach!

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:25:16 +0000

Rufus – that’s one of the nice things about Byzantine chant: it’s microtonal. I get the full spectrum to play with. 🙂

Sharon W – I feel as if I’d pick either one of the Cherubic Hymn versions or a string quartet.

Should I tell the story about how I almost stepped on J. S. Bach’s grave by mistake?

By: Texan99

Texan99 — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:31:29 +0000

Jethro Tull Bourree: https://youtu.be/N2RNe2jwHE0

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:50:10 +0000

“Baroque Before Bach: The Lives of 12 Great Italian Composers” – it’s not in the mail because I’m writing it. (A Lockdown inspired book project since there’s nothing of general interest like it in English!)

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:25:17 +0000

I just listened to a comparison of a contemporary Christian “Gloria” with the theme from “My Little Pony.” Same tune! Give me Bach any day.

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:19:59 +0000

Zaphod: You got me!

But I didn’t have any choice, when I switched from Mac to Windows programming.

The Windows API was so horrible and hard to figure out. I had several such books. Rector & Newcomer’s “Win32 Programming” was the best.

I got rid of them all in my last move. One of the more technical books recommended listening to Philip Glass’s “Solo Piano” album for intense debugging sessions. I still do that.

By: Zaphod

Zaphod — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:02:34 +0000

@Huxley:

Christian Petzold composed it.

Charles Petzold… You’ve just outed yourself as having taken an unhealthy interest in the Windows API back in the day. Shame!

Saw that name and had all sorts of flashbacks. I’ve still got his Very Heavy Book somewhere.

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 11:29:23 +0000

Hey. How about that Little Fugue in g minor — orchestral, organ, piano versions, one after the other, and then in a new round?…. I don’t think I found a harpsichord version up online. (Or else I did not search hard enough.)

By: Zaphod

Zaphod — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 06:16:21 +0000

That’s easy: Wanda Landowska Goldberg Variations (1945 recording).

Rossalyn Tureck also good. Damn, going to have to hand in my jackboots and ceremonial dagger if I keep on like this.

Quite like the 80s Glen Gould when he slowed down a bit.

Goedel Escher Bach fans will appreciate the Crab Canon on a Moebius Strip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHQ2ybTejU

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 06:11:30 +0000

Gringo:

Coincidentally, I’ve been practicing the “Minuet in G Major” the past couple days. I had let my practice go to seed, but part of my response to loss is to return to creative activities.

I’m pleased I remember the first half as well as I do. (Make no mistake, though, I’m quite terrible on the piano.)

Wiki tells me that the Minuet is actually written by Charles Petzold, though it was included in Bach’s famous “Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.” Anna was his second wife.

That’s some comfort. All this time I thought Anna was Bach’s 8 year-old daughter and I was a dunderhead to have so much trouble playing the Minuet.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 06:09:37 +0000

There are only 12 notes in western music. It’s incredible how composers and musicians have put them to use.