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The world of classical music has gotten a modern makeover. The Bach Society of Saint Louis has spent 85 years celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach and other classical composers through ...

The Leipzig Bach Festival honors the composer with a hit parade. Over 8,000 fans from 20 countries cast their votes. But Bach is celebrated in many other countries around the world as well.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s 2nd orchestral overture usually features the flute. But a few years ago, after extensive research, some musicians proposed their theory that Bach more likely featured the OBOE ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s music may be timeless, but a gander by Universal Music Group labels Deutsche Grammaphon and Decca suggests that even the compositions of the man generally considered to be the ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s music continues to inspire and influence people even centuries after his time. But who were the musicians Bach admired? Which of his predecessors and contemporaries influenced ...

Baroque German composer Johann Sebastian Bach produced music that is so scrupulously structured that it’s often compared to math. Although few among us are emotionally affected by mathematics, Bach’s ...

Talking, debating and listening are skills we can all learn, particularly in the light of current global conflicts. The ...