First of all, this organ fugue (BWV 578) was given the subtitle 'Little' by the editors of Bach's work to distinguish it from  ...

 The 4th concerto in the set is written for 2 flutes, solo violin, strings and continuo.  Bach labels the flutes as ' flauti d'echo ...

Musicians in Bach's era were treated much as any other servant by many of the royals that employed them.  So it was inevitable that a mu...

Bach held the position of music director at the court of  Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen early in his career. The Prince had a small or...

As human beings are creatures that tend to have a hard-wired necessity to categorize things, musical historians have followed this predilect...

Johann Sebastian Bach in 1721 gave the Margrave of Brandenburg a gift of 6 Concerti for different instrument groups.  It is believed tha...

Both books of The Well Tempered Clavier contain 24 preludes and 24 fugues. That's a total of 96 pieces in both books combined. There hav...

Johann Sebastian Bach was an artist that was in many ways self-taught. He did have instruction from his family in clavier, violin, and organ...

Bach intended Book II of The Well Tempered Clavier to fulfill the same uses as Book I; as a teaching aid for keyboard technique, theory and ...

In the court and church appointments that Johann Sebastian Bach had throughout his life, he was not only required to compose and lead the mu...