Johann Sebastian Bach has been named the greatest composer of all time. The German Baroque figure has been voted top from a list of 50 musical masters for BBC Music Magazine. Bach was renowned for his ...

“Niche Bach, sondern Meer!” (Not a brook, but an ocean!) – opinion of Johann Sebastian Bach and pun by Ludwig van Beethoven On March 31, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Holy Roman ...

Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked in small town Germany. An organ master whose familiarity with the complexity of his instrument inspired original thinking. His best known work was really a job ...

Even people who think they're familiar with J.S. Bach's music should be in for an adventure when the Bach Society Houston resurrects his long-lost "St. Mark Passion." The work, which Bach performed ...

Bob Cafaro, a cellist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, played Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Friday afternoon. His performance was not at a concert hall but at SEPTA’s Jefferson Station, and his ...

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 ...

William Grant Still was awarded 10 honorary doctorates for his contributions to music and wrote five symphonies and eight operas. Do you know of any them? George Walker was the first Black man to win ...

Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Plus subscription to Shropshire Star you get full access to our award winning journalism for the news that matters to you and more. Bach was renowned for ...