Is Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565" a work by someone else? One of JS Bach's representative pieces is "Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565". The opening passage, "Charara-ra, chararara-ra-ra", is famous for this piece. This "representative piece", "Toccata"…
Further display Was Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" originally a violin piece?
Season's greetings again this year. I will play Bach's Siciliano with the scenery of Sicily as the background. The flutes used are Louis (serial number 1920), a corkwood flute made in London in the 81s, and a TOKAI spinet (small harpsichord) that was probably made about 40 years ago...
Further display Season's Greetings - Bach: Siciliano (Flute, Spinet)
To everyone who has helped me this year. In 2020, I opened my own business under the COVID-XNUMX pandemic, and I wondered what would happen, but I managed to make it to the end of the year. I owe it all to you. With the COVID-XNUMX pandemic still raging, I thought hard about what song to choose as a greeting song, but I hope that everyone will be able to look forward to the new year in peace.
Further display Season's Greetings - JS Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (Flute, Piano, Spinet, Marimba)
I was traveling from Berlin to London on a Sunday and had Saturday free, so I went to visit the grave of my beloved CPE Bach. His grave is in St. Michaeliskirche, where he served as music director. The exterior of the church is made of brick and looks a little modest, but the inside is lined with curved lines.
Further display Visiting the Grave of CPE Bach – St. Michael Church, Hamburg
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751), a Baroque composer famous for the "Albinoni Adagio," was born in Venice, Italy on June 1671, 6. He was famous as an opera composer during his lifetime.
Further display A2B: The legacy from Albinoni to Bach
Oh, I've given it a sensational title again. But this year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of CPE Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach), the second son of the great Bach (JSBach), and I don't think it's wrong to call him the father of classical music in the narrow sense, or classical music. That Mo…
Further display Father of Classical Music, CPE Bach - 300th Anniversary
Equal temperament is a tuning method that divides an octave into 1 equal semitones, and has been popular since the latter half of the 12th century. This allows the same sound to be obtained regardless of the 19 keys played, and allows for freedom in transposition, but on the other hand, it has created a situation where any chord sounds muddy and dirty.
Further display Let’s break away from equal temperament (1)