A German anatomist analyzed a photograph of Bach’s skeleton, to calculate the composer’s impressive reach at the keyboard.

Musical Passions--settings of the Gospel accounts of the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ--seem unlikely vehicles for popular success in a secular, post-modern age. After all, this venerable genre, ...

The Kalamazoo Bach Festival will close its 63rd season with a week of events celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, the 18th century composer who is the organization’s namesake. The week will ...

Stephen Paulus was just a kid when Bach entered his dreams. Growing up in Minnesota, he often fell asleep to his chemical-engineer father playing preludes on a piano at home, building his chops as a ...

Halfway through reading "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? Or could it be that Bach was working as an agent of transcendence on me as he did on this sincere author? The basic ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Free-to-view webcast, 'Happy Birthday, Bach, to offer livestreamed performances of ...

In a new interview, Sting 's guitarist Dominic Miller heaped huge praise on The Beatles and the group's music, comparing it to the work of classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German musician and composer playing the organ, circa 1725. From a print in the British Museum. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images) In an episode of the 1970s TV ...

The Bach Festival Society’s “Elation and Dissent” program this weekend proved both thrilling and chilling. The thrills came in the musicality of works such as Florence Price’s “Ethiopia’s Shadow in ...

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