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I guess when you're dealing with superlatives, it's hard to offer proof. Today the music director at my church made a comment about how some modern slob composer whose Gloria we use has as good a melodic sense as Bach and I wanted to shoot him.

One last thing - we have a beautiful letter written by Bach to his childhood friend (I forget his name), and in it he asks if his friend knows of any job leads because he feels unappreciated in Liepzig. Then he goes on to talk about his family - his wife and the kids - and how each is doing. He also expresses concern about paying for his kids' educations, too. It's amazing because you realize that this very great man also loved his family very much, and that he was involved and interested in his children's lives. I hope I get to heaven, and when I do, the one person I want to meet is Bach. I'd be a bit scared to meet him, actually, but I have a feeling that he'd be very approachable and kind. He'd probably tell me that he heard some of my music and liked some of it - and then he'd conduct the heavenly choir to show me how to improve it. Then we'd have some beer and schnitzel.

I'm happy that JSBachlover mentioned the Brandenburg Concertos, because as I said in the early pages of this thread, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major single-handedly transformed me into a classical music lover.

I credit the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Their Bach and Beethoven concerts won me over. I started attending events at Strathmore, The Kennedy Center, and other local venues at age 18. From then on, I was hooked!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJjL1sTBp0[/youtube]

That was really great! I started having weird visions while watching/listening. I might use this in my novel if I can pull it off.

Started reading some stuff about the piece while I listened too. Stravinsky wrote this right after the Rite of Spring, which we heard earlier. He was 27 or thereabouts. I think he's becoming my favorite composer. I would love to see this performed as a ballet, maybe I'll get to one day.

Hey where did it go? Was I hallucinating the whole thing?

Stravinsky is brilliant, but I have always found his works to be strange. Petrushka to me is like a long itch that you can't scratch because it keeps moving around your body.

Wozeree, are you working on the novel with the Ketchup King?

Are any of you guys members of Amazon Prime? There's a lot of nice music to stream, including a large classical selection.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2y9czTJtN0&list=PLCdhPY-0pIghdmiKXg5BR1T15bU-KDC5A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCXE0DYeBV0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB2fK7pC_-U[/youtube]