There is a reason the music of J.S. Bach has been around for more than 400 years. Simply because it is pure genius. I have been getting into my roots of classic music a bit more these days for the sake of broadening my musical language and deepening my technical ability. Recently I purchased Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier" which is seen as one of the greatest classical works in all of musical history. In this collection of songs, Bach wrote a prelude in all 12 keys, major and minor and a fugue in all 12 keys, major and minor . 48 songs totaling in all. The version I now own in performed by Keith Jarrett (more on him some other time) and is utterly amazing. I would highly recommend it to all whole appreciate the foundations of western music as we know it today.
To read a great summary of Bach's life and work, click here.
To purchase The Well Tempered Clavier you can find it here (iTunes) or here (Amazon).
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