Only the youngest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons departed the German homeland. Born in 1735, Johann Christian began his long sojourn in Italy in 1755 and converted to Catholicism; luckily the stern ...

Munich-based TV documentary scriptwriter Eidam offers a new interpretation of the great organist and composer, Bach. His writing can be clunky, such as when he refers to his own change of interest: "I ...

In the case of Bach the opposite is true: The works are the most critical surviving document, and they must be used to flesh-in the life. This has led to highly interpretative studies of Bach in the ...

The life of Johann Sebastian Bach will be explored through slides, commentary and music in three sessions at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Rochester. John A. Schultz, organ and choir master at the ...

As the floor feels solid and sturdy and eternal, so feel I feel about the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach wrote his 6 Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in 1720. They feel as eternal as the ...

A review of Bach against Modernity by Michael Marissen. The experience of listening to great music leads many of us naturally to wonder about the lives of the composers who wrote it. In some cases, ...