Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode, we will look at:



The genesis of the Brandenburg concerti,



What Bach’s job was like when these compositions came about,



Who his employer was then,



How much music Bach was composing at that time,



Why a Baroque composer writes anything at all,



The difference between a modern composer and one in the Baroque.



 



Then finally, we will disprove another famous Bach myth:



‘Bach composed the last of the Brandenburg concerti to get fired’ 



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