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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Musical Interlude

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Enjoy this arrangement of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach:



[more performances by Anna Comellas (cello) and Rosalind Beall (guitar)]

14 comments:

  1. Bella! I love the cello. The deep resonant tones have such a calming effect.

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    1. Rejoice in that discovery. It may just be the high point of Western civilization. As philosophically we are all just "foot notes to Plato", musically we are all just "foot notes to Bach".

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    2. FJ, the name is actually FRED but the highbrows don't want us to know.

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    3. Viburnum,
      Yes, we are all just "foot notes to Plato", musically we are all just "foot notes to Bach".

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  3. Without a doubt Bach's single most "approachable" effort. When all can be enticed to listen, there is no limit to what the heart can inspire.

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  4. There are many more Bachs than most people imagine
    The best known is Johann Sebastian
    Johann Christoff, Johann Michael, Karl Phillip Emanuel, Maria Barbera, Anna Mgdelena, Johann Christian several more, but that's all that I know of the various Bachs!


    You can sing that to the famous triplet accompaniment if you'like. It FITS!

    [NOTE: I cannot claim authorship for this piece of wit. It originiated in the fertile mind of Josefa Heifetz, daughter of the late great violinist, Jascha Heifetz.]

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    1. Franco,
      Thanks for that reminder.

      But, IMO, none come close to being J.S. Bach himself.

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    2. Bach fthered TWENTY children with two different wives. Most of them were well trained in music by ther father. Several became signficant composers, themselves, but you're absolutely right. NONE of the Bach children could hold a candle to their father who really WAS the greatest musical genius the Western World has ever seen.

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  5. Franco remember that song “ Baby won’t you please come home”... Weil I’m singing that to you.
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    1. Franco,
      Libtard Smasher is referring to your closed blog -- which you have since opened again.

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