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Goldberg said that unlike the music of some of the romantic composers, Bach's music is so strong that one can almost play it on any instrument, and it will stand...
Part of this strength may come from Bach's ability to forces the direction music would take. "Bach could look into the future of music by thinking about his sons, who also were significant contributers to the music of their time. He could look into the future as he could look into the past," Wolff said...
...said Goldberg, "Bach had the incredible ability to switch from the most learned to the most modern styles. It makes every generation learn something new from him. He can weather the fads of time...
...violinist who will be performing in three of next week's events explained Bach's sustained popularity. "He has an inner intensity that you can't get when you're falling away in more romantic pieces. It's purely--there's not a superfluous element in it," she said. "It's not so much that he makes the simple complex as the complex simple...
...Bach's music is exceedingly complex, sometimes combining four or five melodies at once, and Andrei A. Molotin '88, a self-proclaimed Bach fanatic, said that this complexity may explain why Bach was not so popular in his own time. Molotin labelled Bach's music emotionless and pure, and said it should not be played in the more flowing romantic style, which would cause some of the structure to be lost...