The year 1685 was certainly good for music. After all, Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of St. Matthew Passion and B Minor ...

Musical Passions--settings of the Gospel accounts of the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ--seem unlikely vehicles for popular success in a secular, post-modern age. After all, this venerable genre, ...

Johann Sebastian Bach has been named the greatest composer of all time. The German Baroque figure has been voted top from a list of 50 musical masters for BBC Music Magazine. Bach was renowned for his ...

The Kalamazoo Bach Festival will close its 63rd season with a week of events celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, the 18th century composer who is the organization’s namesake. The week will ...

Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked in small town Germany. An organ master whose familiarity with the complexity of his instrument inspired original thinking. His best known work was really a job ...

Halfway through reading "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? Or could it be that Bach was working as an agent of transcendence on me as he did on this sincere author? The basic ...

Stephen Paulus was just a kid when Bach entered his dreams. Growing up in Minnesota, he often fell asleep to his chemical-engineer father playing preludes on a piano at home, building his chops as a ...

Tickets are available through TicketsWest outlets (800-325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com). General admission series tickets for the first three concerts are $75. Saturday: Piano recital with Christopher O ...

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem's 108th annual Bethlehem Bach Festival is May 1-2 and May 9-10, 2015, in Bethlehem. (LehighValleyLive.com File Photo) Preserving tradition and exploring innovation could ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Free-to-view webcast, 'Happy Birthday, Bach, to offer livestreamed performances of ...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German musician and composer playing the organ, circa 1725. From a print in the British Museum. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images) In an episode of the 1970s TV ...

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