Sidhe said:I think it was Bachs desire to write music that even God would admire or at least do him justice, I put up a link to his most famous Organ piece in the last classical thread, I must go and listen to it again. Organs, instruments you can hear several miles away![]()
Oh yeah. When I was introduced to it by a room mate (who was a musician, previously played in the Marine Corps band) in the barracks while serving, I was told his (Bachs) works were originally written and played as "church music" - as we would call it today. After listening to a number of his works I thought, "man, they had it good back then. THIS, is what I call 'church music' worth listening to." Heck, I'd go to church just to listen to it.
I used to go to big, grand cathedrals (yes we do have a few here in the U.S.) when I was a kid, ones with the huge system of pipes throughout the place, it was all pretty impressive. But, I must say the QUALITY of music they play, nowadays, has fallen off quite a bit since Bachs time. Another case of "they don't make 'em like they used to".
I think if the organist was to mix in a few choice works from Bach during the service in one of those places, the people would take notice and say, "wow, what's that...?"
I used to dream I'd someday be able to play an organ like that (had a few years of piano lessons as a kid, like everyone else)... but, realisitically, I know I'm never going to play an organ at that level.

Would be nice, though... but, my brain is probably to old to learn to be that coordinated.