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I feel Bach's voice in those three notes, like a message in a bottle, trying to cross the ocean of harmony he himself has created. What's the message? Those notes don't say we're in a place. How could they? We're still en route. But they remember being in a place. They remember having a home, while the chords, time, life keep shifting on.
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― Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
― Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
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Bach, he [Suvorin] said, was a person's best ally in the battle against despair, against the thought of how immeasurably great one's solitude is in the endlessness of the universe.
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― Self-Portrait with Russian Piano
― Self-Portrait with Russian Piano
