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...reason is that they're great pieces. But you're right to think that other pieces could fit. There's no Mozart or Bach here. First, you have to pick a piece that you know enough about to make a plausible reconstruction of the first performance. For a Bach cantata, you may not know enough about how it worked or when it first was performed. These five pieces also span a broad history of music. We go from the very late Renaissance to 20th-century music. For a person who only studies music in a limited manner, this book...
...jazz people lean toward Post-Romantic Impressionists for classical inspiration. However, you always go farther back, always making a reference to Bach or Beethoven, where others cite Ravel or Debussy...
...Well, I'm a classical musician also, I've played with many orchestras, so my experience with classical music might be more extensive than a lot of other jazz musicians. Bach's music is one of the great wonders of Western man. Like the Sistine Chapel or the works of Shakespeare. Some things touch on so many things at such a high level of craftsmanship th.at you just step back in awe and are just happy that you can understand it. That's one of the unimpeachable achievements in music. When you talk about Bach, sometimes you feel like...
...Bach: Goldberg Variations...
...convincing performance of Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations requires much more than brilliant virtuosity and finger agility. Written both to alleviate a Count Kaiserling of his nightly insomnia and as a set of "keyboard exercises," the work has become one of the cornerstones of the repertoire, its aria instantly recognizable to many. Among the aria and 30 variations are nine canons, a French overture, fugues and a quodlibet...