Bach


Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
There's No Such Place As Far Away
The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece
One
A Gift of Wings
Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His Work
Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul
Bach Among the Theologians
Naran's Bach Flower Remedies (Find Your Life's Answers)
J.S. Bach, Vol 1
Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall SmithCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresThe Violinist of Venice by Alyssa PalomboMarrying Mozart by Stephanie CowellVivaldi's Virgins by Barbara Quick
Music in Historical Fiction
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Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
Sunetele clădeau geometria solida a unor oraşe albe inundate de o lumină egală, ce se difuza repetat. Prin acele cetăţi minunate trecea radioasă. Portativul era un amfiteatru feeric pe care se proiecta arhitectura marmoreeană a palatelor. Pe temelia coardelor notele punctau desenul grădinilor, arpegiile curbau colinele şi din cheia de sol căderi de apă trimiteau un şipot fluid sau numai o pânză de răcoare, un păianjen vaporos ca răsfirarea fină a unui jet d`eau. Apoi seara cădea în acorduri mino ...more
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu

Nancy Moser
There is much more to playing the clavier than playing written music. Do you realize with accompanying there is often nothing written out but the bass line--the left hand? There might be a few notations as to a suggested harmony, but it is up to me to fill in the music, at the proper volume, style, and harmony for the soloist--often instantly. I've heard it said that Bach questioned wether the soloist or the accompanist deserves the greatest glory. ...more
Nancy Moser, Mozart's Sister

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