Revered as one of the greatest composers, Johann Sebastian Bach's mastery of the baroque style of music has influenced generations of composers and music listeners alike.
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NASA | Bach's material attached to the two Voyager space craft launched, as a testament of humanities greatest achivements. Eminent biologist and author Lewis Thomas was asked what message he would choose to send from Earth into outer space in the Voyager spacecraft, he answered: "I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach." |
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Bach's material influenced Mozart to write more contrapuntal incorporate more contrapuntal complexities which were characteristic of the late Baroque era. |
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Beethoven studied Bach and frequently quoted him in his sketchbooks. |
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"Study Bach: there you will find everything." |
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"In Bach the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God." |
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"Playing and studying Bach convinces us that we are all numbskulls. " |
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