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In the last decade of his life, from 1740 to 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach abandoned the furious pace of composition he had maintained for over 30 years and concentrated his creative energies largely on ...

Lowell Lieberman took a Bach Fugue as a starting point when he wrote his "Fantasy on a Fugue by Bach." It's music for piano and winds, played by an ensemble called Les Vents D'Orford (lay VAW ...

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque organ music ever written - with a particularly iconic opening Bach probably composed the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, ...

(Die) Kunst der Fuge, '(The) Art of Fugue' Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Wenn wir höchsten Nöten sein Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano At least ...

The news Sunday afternoon was a prodigious live performance of arguably the least performable and unarguably greatest contrapuntal exercise in the history of music, Bach’s “The Art of the Fugue,” by ...

Many people, if they wonder how music is made up, suppose that it consists of a tune and an accompaniment. The paradigmatic guitarist in front of a campfire croons the melody, while his hands create ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to all the moods from the grand master of Western classical music: consoling, rousing, peaceful, passionate. In the past we’ve chosen the five ...

The German composer, born 341 years ago, dominates the classical charts and concert platforms, especially at this time of year. Here’s to his life-giving zombie music! The musical world’s present for ...

In the last decade of his life, from 1740 to 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach abandoned the furious pace of composition he had maintained for over 30 years and concentrated his creative energies largely on ...