In the last decade of his life, from 1740 to 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach abandoned the furious pace of composition he had maintained for over 30 years and concentrated his creative energies largely on ...

A small-waisted, double-strung version of the guitar flourished in France, Italy and Spain in Bach’s day, though not in Germany. Bach never composed for it, but that has not stopped guitarists from ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German musician and composer who wrote throughout the 18th Century. For most of his career, Bach worked as an organist and choirmaster at various churches throughout ...

The news Sunday afternoon was a prodigious live performance of arguably the least performable and unarguably greatest contrapuntal exercise in the history of music, Bach’s “The Art of the Fugue,” by ...

Many DJs spun, mixed and scratched their way through Johann Sebastian Bach's "Little" Fugue in G Minor for the chance to win $500 in Eugene, Ore., this week. We hear the efforts of the top three ...

Many people, if they wonder how music is made up, suppose that it consists of a tune and an accompaniment. The paradigmatic guitarist in front of a campfire croons the melody, while his hands create ...

Classical music is often described as “pure”, “timeless” and “intellectual”, three epithets guaranteed to make most music-lovers reach for the off button in panic. Fortunately they’re not true. If ...

Bach died in 1750 with The Art of Fugue incomplete, and he left no indications on the manuscript as to the work's instrumentation. Nearly every new recording meets these two challenges in different ...

The Tallahassee Bach Parley and the Classical Guitar Society at FSU present “Bach on the Guitar” featuring accomplished students from the Florida State University College of Music. The concert will ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The last time I had the chance to hear a live performance of Bach's The Art of Fugue in Sydney was when the late Norman Johnston played ...