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Did Bach Compose the Sixth Brandenburg to Get Fired? (History of the Brandenburg Concerti)
Did Bach Compose the Sixth Brandenburg to Get Fired? (History of the Brandenburg Concerti)
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, we will look at:
The genesis of the Brandenburg concerti,
What Bach’s job was like when these compositions came about,
Who his employer was then,
How much music Bach was composing at that time,
Why a Baroque composer writes anything at all,
The difference between a modern composer and one in the Baroque.
Then finally, we will disprove another famous Bach myth:
‘Bach composed the last of the Brandenburg concerti to get fired’
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The genesis of the Brandenburg concerti,
What Bach’s job was like when these compositions came about,
Who his employer was then,
How much music Bach was composing at that time,
Why a Baroque composer writes anything at all,
The difference between a modern composer and one in the Baroque.
Then finally, we will disprove another famous Bach myth:
‘Bach composed the last of the Brandenburg concerti to get fired’
--
**PS: Any of my listeners want to start correcting some of the Wikipedia pages with Bach BS (Bad Scholarship) and linking the sources to these episodes? Write me (email below)
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Donate to this podcast:
https://www.patreon.com/wtfbach
https://www.paypal.me/wtfbach
https://venmo.com/wtfbach
https://cash.app/$wtfbach
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I love my listener feedback! Keep it coming! Bach (at) WTFBACH (dot com)
Released:
Jun 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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