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4 days ago · 5. Goldberg Variations, BWV988. JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations is one of his most famous and popular keyboard works and it has been used in numerous films and TV shows (it is also one of Hannibal Lecter’s favorite compositions). Unlike many of his compositions, the Goldberg Variations were published during Bach’s lifetime.
3 days ago · Bach's fourth (Leipzig) cantata cycle, known as the Picander cycle, consists of cantatas performed for the first time from 24 June 1728 (St. John's Day) to 10 July 1729 (fourth Sunday after Trinity), or later in 1729, to a libretto from the printed cycle of 70 cantata texts for 1728–29 by Picander.
1 day ago · List of composers by name. This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have ...
4 days ago · Johannes Brahms (/ brɑːmz /; German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of his Classical (and earlier) forebears, including Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.
3 days ago · Research on Johann Sebastian Bach’s life and works and on the extended Bach family of musicians belongs among the central tasks of the Leipzig Bach Archive. ›
1 day ago · Michaelmas of 1724 – the 29th of September, now the feast of all the Archangels – saw the first performance of J.S. Bach’s cantata, Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, (Lord God, we all praise thee), honouring the great Saint Michael, ‘he who is like God’. The text of the cantata was Paul Eber, Lutheran theologian and hymnodist.
4 days ago · Find concerts featuring music by Johann Sebastian Bach with Classical Events.
