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Bach was a fashion(-driven) designer like any other artist, reacting to and driving trends of his time. With that framing, they never stopped composing like Ba
by blueboo 2y ago
Bach was a fashion(-driven) designer like any other artist, reacting to and driving trends of his time.
With that framing, they never stopped composing like Bach
- diego_moita 2y agoWhat the banality of your comment says is that you never cared to pay attention to the man and his music. I strongly recommend you watch the excellent BBC documentary about him, by the maestro John Eliott Gardiner [1]. You'll discover a world where music wasn't yet associated with "fashion", where the "market" for music (i.e. concert halls, music publishing, etc) didn't actually exist and composers were paid employees of cities. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZVn9NZqyxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZVn9NZqyxs
- blueboo 2y agoJust because there wasn't Twitter and App Stores doesn't mean there weren't fashions and markets -- they were located in different places in the culture. I don't mean to deflate your lofty romanticizations of the man and his craft. Take another listen to your documentary and observe how his career reflects and reacts to the on-going musical-cultural discourse of his time. In that way, he truly is like any other artist (so engaged.) At the same time, rest assured we can celebrate and enjoy the extraordinary achievements made in that paradigm.