 | irishgit (138)
04/24/2008 | In the hands of a master such as Bach, it is as though he is discussing mathematics with God.
In the hands of almost anyone else, about as interesting as elevator music.
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 | Enkidu (37)
03/06/2004 | Generally (but not always) a sacred composition in multiple parts for voices and instruments. The most famous are the more than two hundred by J.S. Bach, who wrote one every WEEK for the duration of a particularly demanding gig. At their best, sublime, memorable, and utterly gorgeous; at their worst (i.e. a lot of the non-Bach) some of the dullest stuff ever composed. Most of this latter type is rarely heard nowadays.
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