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SWIRLING IN A SEAT OF TRANSCENDENT EMOTION

 

Where in the world does Bach fit

Gregarious, light-hearted

Prelude in C

Cello suite #3 in D

Still alive today

300 years hasn’t changed humanity

A Christmas Oratorio

Played in the Leipzig Cathedral

Where the man worshipped his God

1685 – 1750                               

Branden Bourg Concertos

Written in the Grey Stucco in Köthen

Prince asking Bach as a friend

To compose freely

            St. Jakob’s Church

            65 musicians above the floor

            Into the vaults where the prince lies

            Prelude in E-flat major

            A new coming birth

            Played dance music at Köthen at dinners

            The organ synthesizing feet with hands

Three tunes

First combined with 2ndfugue

The third fugue combined with the others

Fugue in e-flat major

A dance in the church

A gigue third partita

            He saw the mind and body connected

            And would have loved nothing better

            Than the beauty of lovely young girl

            Swirling in a sea of transcendent emotion       

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