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> am I just slow / a poor listener? Don't fall into that trap. You like what you like. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces. There's no reason for anyone to "get" or
by kjellsbells 1y ago
> am I just slow / a poor listener?
Don't fall into that trap. You like what you like. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces. There's no reason for anyone to "get" or "like" them all, or indeed any single one of them.
Personally, I like some of the piano and cello pieces but they only get played once or twice a year. Whereas his vocal works like the St John Passion and Ich habe genug from cantata BWV82 get played a lot. Everyone is different!
- wry_discontent 1y agoI don't buy this. You can be a poor listener. I am for sure. Listening is definitely some kind of skill.
- djtango 1y agoThe thing is that when I listen to things like the Goldberg variations and Preludes and Fugues I'm quickly saturated. But if I sit down and play them, and study them their acclaim and brilliance becomes apparent. So the problem isn't the music or my taste but more that I'm unable to hear their brilliance in the space of one or two listens.