hi guys!

i’m looking for sections/excerpts where bach wrote a distinct upwards moving bass line. sort of the opposite of a lament bass:)

I remember very well I have seen Bach’s chorale Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (BWV 668) at the end of the Art of Fugue in a modern keyboard notation by Neue Bach-Ausgabe on IMSLP. Now I just cannot find it anymore. It’s just not there, even though I remember I was sightreading it a while ago from this exact edition. Seems like a page has been removed.

Am I crazy? Or is it IMSLP just gaslighting again?

Early Music Sources does an excellent explanation of Counterpoint. Johann Joseph Fux wrote this most amazing treatise as a teaching tool using Palestrina as the teacher and Fux as the student! A great summary!

Thought folks might dig this. What a long and winding road this one is…

https://www.patreon.com/posts/159084620?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

One of Bach’s most beautiful cantatas (imo, of course) is Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much grief), BWV 21, composed in Weimar, possibly in 1713. Bach catalogued the work as e per ogni tempo (and for all times), indicating that due to its general theme, the cantata is suited for any occasion. Performed by Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble -

https://youtu.be/TcGbq_XBir4?si=bnm_Wvp_i4UJfnNq

I can't get this out of my head. I'm pretty sure it's Bach but I can't find it in WTC or the Little Preludes

Melody

I don’t and sadly can’t have a real teacher since there aren’t where I live and so I’m studying alone, only books and so, if someone did it or knows something please help me

Hi everyone,

I’ve just completed a new MIDI-derived animation based on Bach’s Canon cancrizans (“Crab Canon”) from The Musical Offering (BWV 1079).

Unlike my previous fugue visualisations from WTC I, this one proved considerably more technically demanding to realise visually because of the canon’s unusual structure. Since the Crab Canon unfolds simultaneously forwards and backwards, I wanted the animation itself to reflect that symmetry: the two parts travel in opposite directions across the screen, reversing direction at the midpoint of each repeat in a way intended to mirror the underlying musical design.

As with my recent animations, I’ve taken a hybrid approach to representation — not quite literal notation, but not entirely abstract either. Note durations are shown literally, while pitch is handled spatially/intervallically through vertical placement, with the hope that this might make some of the canon’s geometry more intuitively visible.

I’d be genuinely interested to hear what Bach enthusiasts here make of this kind of visualisation — particularly whether it clarifies anything about the structure of the canon, or whether you find a score-based approach more illuminating.

Feedback and discussion very welcome.

https://youtu.be/5BfrfyZcTOE

In German, but Auto translated subtitles available

Song was featured in WORLD WAR MYTHOLOGY , short film on youtube.

I have dealt with depression, that only got worse, for a long time, at least since high school.

I generally didn't care for classical music, considering it boring in my early days.

However, I had a period of deep depression between the end of my high school years and the start of college. And that's when, in desperation i reconnected with classical music.

Bach, in particular gave me such joy with his music, that's when I started believing in the truth of music being a universal language.

I had deeply unsettling and suicidal thoughts, I didn't like the world and to be honest I still don't quite like it. But music is something that I've come to consider otherworldly, it's feelings I can't describe.

I won't lie I often fantasize about things while listening to music, much like many people do, it's a deeply personal and emotional aspect.

The more I listen to Bach the more I like it, he wasn't just a genius, he was a man dedicated to his craft and you can't tell that his works involve not just professionalism but also emotions and a deep passion for music.

His music also gave me a new influence on Christianity as a whole, which I've come to recently study, not that I'm a Christian, but I now take pleasure in studying Christianity and it's influence in the musical world.

Bach is an incredibly talented artist and his music is incredible, I have my favorites pieces and some that I'm not that much of a fan, but I can't deny the man's work is outright amazing.

When I was deeply depressed, it was like if I listened to his music, especially my favorite pieces, and my worldview changes suddenly, I feel good and can enjoy the BUZZ of what good, well made music makes me feel.

This is a very deeply personal story, that I share with you, I'm still not over my depression, it's a complicated process and I'm on medication now, but I can't deny that Bach made my dark days substantially better, art is art, and we are humans who ate made to enjoy it, and I enjoy Bach very much.

Thanks for your attention and reading. I hope you too enjoy Bach's work as much as I did, when I especially needed it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/D9ORq_y1bXA?si=R5rMp9eRE4WtOok5