Julien Claassen wrote:
Hello!
That's such a pity. His music is so full of love and faith and Bach himself
was said to be very kind with his kids. There's a tale, that he would take
care of his chldren's needs, like chaging dipers and such. He just put a
child, where there was some space and once there was a note sheet underneath
the child. He just said: "Oh well, little one, now you've peed all over this,
but it doesn't matter, we can just write that again."
Unlike musicians in these post-Romantic-period times, it was OK to be
normal. ;-)
Btw.: I too love Glenn Gould, very unique feeling
for the pieces he played
and a very unique way he has of interpreting the pieces. So just remember,
that Bach, even while working, had enough kids around him, doing all the
things kids do. :-)
20 children. Is it time to trot out the old joke about Bach's organ not
having any stops?
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David
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