by Kurt Knecht | Mar 12, 2012 | BWV 172, J.S. Bach, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
Once again, I have been confronted with the wild and bold choices of JSB. This time, it’s from BWV 172. I was accompanying this yesterday and was shocked to see that fourth measure. (You can expand the picture by clicking on it.)That’s right. Over a pedal...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 18, 2011 | cheesecake, Dalhaus, J.S. Bach, Picasso, Stokowski, T.S. Eliot, Uncategorized
So the big question that has to be answered is: Is form separable from content in an art object as St. Augustine seems to suggest. I confess that I haven’t been able to puzzle out all of the questions in this problem. There is somewhere that Carl Dalhaus (I...
by Kurt Knecht | Aug 19, 2011 | BWV 541, J.S. Bach, kurt knecht, NPR theme song, Uncategorized
I believe this is what the kids today are calling a “mashup”. A few years ago, I was taking a counterpoint class, and I wanted to do some an intense study of a specific Bach fugue. In this case, I was looking at the G major fugue from BWV541. I realized...
by Kurt Knecht | Apr 27, 2011 | gigging, gigolo, J.S. Bach, organ, Uncategorized
I have often contemplated introducing sports culture into the musical world.After a successful completion, I would take the jog from the spotlight to thegreenroom where my teacher would chest bump me saying, “Killer Chopin EtudeNumber Five, Dude!”. He would slap my...
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