6 Apr
2007
6 Apr
'07
5:51 a.m.
Chuck Martin wrote:
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Ismael
Valladolid Torres wrote:
What Bach is generally credited with is perfecting the existing forms of
music. He did it so well that the generation following him turned to
other forms and styles of music - they could not compete with his
achievement.
We certainly owe to Bach what we consider musical
now.
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. 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.
Yes, I played many of Byrd's pieces. There are similarities, but he
didn't get to JS Bach's level of accomplishment.
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