<story><title>Bach&apos;s Holy Dread</title><url>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/bachs-holy-dread</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>anjc</author><text>The depth of devotion evident in Bach&amp;#x27;s music would almost drive you towards being more religious. It&amp;#x27;s powerful.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s an &lt;i&gt;excellent&lt;/i&gt; site which I&amp;#x27;ve looked at periodically for years which goes through every prelude and fugue in the WTC and gives an interpretation of them, along with religious interpretations where applicable for structures and phrases and voices and so on. It also lets you play single bars and things. It&amp;#x27;s very good:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jan.ucc.nau.edu&amp;#x2F;tas3&amp;#x2F;wtc.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jan.ucc.nau.edu&amp;#x2F;tas3&amp;#x2F;wtc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s my favorite lament, the C#m fugue, which is relevant given the article:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bach.nau.edu&amp;#x2F;clavier&amp;#x2F;nature&amp;#x2F;fugues&amp;#x2F;Fugue04.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bach.nau.edu&amp;#x2F;clavier&amp;#x2F;nature&amp;#x2F;fugues&amp;#x2F;Fugue04.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Bach&apos;s Holy Dread</title><url>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/bachs-holy-dread</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>michaelsbradley</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been attending a traditional Catholic parish for several years now, and over the last year got involved (for the first time in my life) with my church&amp;#x27;s choir. I&amp;#x27;ve always loved music and could already read a bit of Western notation (owing to piano lessons at a young age – thanks, mom!), but really didn&amp;#x27;t (and don&amp;#x27;t) know that much about it, with respect to both theory and performance. The journey to the &amp;quot;production&amp;quot; side of sacred music has been an interesting one (still very much ongoing), and I feel quite enriched by what I&amp;#x27;ve learned and experienced over the last few months. I encourage everyone to step out of their comfort zone and learn a bit more about music ~ it&amp;#x27;s rich history and the joy it can bring to so many. Listen to music from 3 centuries past, from 100 and 1,500 years ago!&lt;p&gt;At Midnight Mass 2016, just a few days ago, we offered Michael Haydn&amp;#x27;s (1737–1806)[1] &lt;i&gt;Missa Sancti Gabrielis&lt;/i&gt;[2]. The younger Hadyn was a teenager when Bach died, and his music was shaped in and shaping the period following the &lt;i&gt;Baroque&lt;/i&gt; era (Bach&amp;#x27;s era), which we identify today as the &lt;i&gt;Classical&lt;/i&gt; period.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Michael_Haydn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Michael_Haydn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=7_sEDzrkIM4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=7_sEDzrkIM4&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>