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bach_is_awesome
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Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
on: September 07, 2013, 01:26:19 PM
Hello esteemed Bach scholars. I have recently completed the French Suites as well as the English suites and Partitas. I would appreciate suggestions on which Bach project to tackle next.
Thanks
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musicman99
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #1 on: September 07, 2013, 01:33:11 PM
I'm not going to pretend that I know all of that music thoroughly, or that I am an expert in Bach. However, it sounds that learning all of WTC I would be a good option...
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awesom_o
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #2 on: September 07, 2013, 01:35:13 PM
Enough Bach!
Study the other Baroque masters!
Handel, Couperin, Rameau, and Byrd all wrote brilliant keyboard music.
There are countless others, as well.
If you are telling the truth, and you can actually play all of the Bach repertoire you have listed to a high level, then that is a huge amount of Bach-far more than many concert pianists have in their repertoire.
I love Bach as well. But as a Baroque artist, you have a responsibility to play works from different masters. Not just one!
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gregh
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #3 on: September 07, 2013, 04:06:58 PM
Or maybe he'll just have to keep at it until he gets it out of his system, decide he's had enough of that era for now, and switch to jazz and blues.
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awesom_o
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #4 on: September 07, 2013, 04:20:45 PM
And of course, the finest jazz and blues artists, such as the late and great Oscar Peterson, were also HIGHLY accomplished Baroque players.
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blazekenny
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #5 on: September 07, 2013, 05:20:25 PM
Time for the Chromatic fantasia + fugue in d minor
or the italian concerto
or entire three part sinfonias
or the d minor piano concerto
or the f minor piano concerto
Bach-Busoni Chiaccone in d minor
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worov
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #6 on: September 07, 2013, 07:08:07 PM
F minor and D minor concertos aren't solo keyboard works, are they ?
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blazekenny
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Reply #7 on: September 07, 2013, 08:15:13 PM
Quote from: worov on September 07, 2013, 07:08:07 PM
F minor and D minor concertos aren't solo keyboard works, are they ?
No, but the soloist is a solo keyboard.
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j_menz
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Re: Suggestions for Bach Solo Keyboard. Please Read.
Reply #8 on: September 08, 2013, 01:45:28 AM
The WTC? The Art of the Fugue?
How can you not know?
Also, awesome-o's suggestion to branch out is also a good one.
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