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Re:Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzi... by Ericson2314 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @05:53PM (#45998991)
He wasn't so "commercial" because he was doing more complex and countrapuntal music after it was falling out of fashion, and he never did an opera, which was all the rage.
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Re:Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzi... by reactordev on Thursday November 20, 2025 @06:55PM (#45999565)
In his home land of Germany, it wasn’t about the opera, it was about the church - and Bach obliged.
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