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Originally Posted by Zetetic
Almost teary eyed at the end of Die Kunst der Fuge. But never quite.
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oh my!
I remember the very first time I heard this, it was a music history class, I was 17 or so, and the teacher had just told us that Bach died before he could finish this piece...
And I burst into tears at the unfinished end.
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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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