Johann Sebastian Bach
8 quotes
“Leonard Bernstein discusses material & structure in Bach's St. Matthew Passion,”
“Bach is the immortal God of Harmony. Ludwig van Beethoven”
“Not brook, but ocean should be his name (Bach is the German word for brook.) Ludwig van Beethoven”
“Toccata and Fugue in D minor”
“Annotation in a copy of the Calov Bible , cited from John Butt (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Bach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), p. 256; translation from ibid. , p. 46”
“Bei einer andächtigen Musik ist allezeit Gott mit seiner Gnaden Gegenwart. Where there is devotional music, God with his grace is always present.”
“Quoted in Ludwig Prautzsch Bibel und Symbol in den Werken Bachs , p. 7 [1] ; translation from Albert Schweitzer (trans. Ernest Newman ) J. S. Bach (New York: Dover, 1966), vol. 1, p. 167”
“Dem höchsten Gott allein zu Ehren, Dem Nächsten draus sich zu belehren. To the glory of the most high God alone, and that my neighbour may be educated thereby.”