In Bach's era, the pipe organ was one of the world's most technologically advanced instruments. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn ...

In 2006, Martin Jarvis, a Welsh-born musician who teaches at Charles Darwin University, in Australia, aired a startling theory about Johann Sebastian Bach, the undisputed arch-magus of the Western ...

Johann Sebastian Bach came from a distinguished musical lineage in Germany. Many in his family were composers and musicians. After his death, his work almost faded into obscurity, but thanks renewed ...

J.S. Bach is one of the so-called giant “Three B’s” of classical music (besides Brahms and Beethoven), and some consider his sometimes complex sacred music, organ and choral works and other ...

Cellist Natalie Clein and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani showcased contrasting virtuoso approaches to Bach in this intriguing series Two musicians approaching Johann Sebastian Bach from their own ...

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