[LAU] Re: Re: Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty -- musicisjustone path

[Ismael Valladolid Torres]

Chuck Martin escribe:
> Not really.  As much as I admire Bach's work (he's definitely one of my
> favorite classical composers), even the wikipedia article on Bach states
> that "he introduced no new forms" of music.  Everything he did had been
> done before by others.

Sure, there's Monteverdi, there's Vivaldi, but Bach's merit is not
having done it before, is having pushed it far more forward.

> Ever hear of William Byrd?  Byrd was an English composer that lived and
> died before Bach was born, and yet when I first heard his music, I was
> amazed at the similarities between their music.

Never heard of him! I am downloading some of his stuff by Gleen Gould,
sure I will like it...

Cordially, Ismael
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