(July 26, 2023 at 7:19 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(July 26, 2023 at 1:50 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote: Western music really is not the possession of the religious. Many musicians who were not any sect wrote music for the church, as that was the only way to make a regular income.
Right, but I don't think that's true of Bach specifically, which is who I mentioned. He composed masses, "St Matthew's Passion" and others, and was a lifelong keyboardist in church services. Although he did write secular pieces, it's fair to say many of his greatest works were inspired by his faith.
Not sure I agree. He wrote a whole bunch of other (secular) stuff also, (Brandenburg Concertos example), and I have no information if he was "devout" or not, so I don't know what the inspiration was.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell
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