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Originally Posted by Violist
Bach is, bar none, the greatest composer of all time. He single-handedly brought an end to the Baroque era by rendering all the forms totally obsolete himself... it's both scary and depressing, really.
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for this statement to bear ANY truth at all, no composer after Bach could have used any of the forms he used... which is obviously not true, since thousands upon thousands of sonatas, rondos, fugues, arias, gigues, masses, etc... were written after Bach's passing.
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"Those that know, do;
Those that understand, teach."
-Aristotle-
"toute audace engendrée par l'ignorance cesse d'être une audace et devient une maladresse"
-Debussy-
In musical criticism, when issues of craft and technical consideration are set aside, what remains is more subjective. However, until technical issues are dealt with, the subjective portion bears considerably less weight.
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