J. S. Bach, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - 9781332615254 - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from J. S. Bach, Vol. 2

Bach proves himself an exponent of the affektvoll music of his epoch by the Capriccio the programme sonata on the departure of his brother. Instead of asking themselves, however, whether the same spirit cannot be detected in his later music, the aestheticians chose to regard the Capriccio as an interesting indiscretion of his youth, with which he paid his tribute to his epoch, and which we can forgive him in consideration of the pure music of the preludes and fugues. But they omitted to analyse the music he wrote in conjunction with poetry in the Chorales, cantatas and passions, and to ask whether the pictorial tendencies of contemporary music may not be found in Bach also.

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Excerpt from J. S. Bach, Vol. 2

Chorales with independent orchestral accompaniment are found in the cantatas of the first Leipzig period, but not in those belonging to the period of the Christmas Oratorio. There are so many other things in this work that remind us of the earlier ones, that if the date were not so thoroughly vouched for we should be tempted to believe it had been written ten years previously. This is a unique characteristic of Bach the years have no effect on the artist in him. At fifty he can write as youthful music as at twenty-five.

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