Baroque and Classical are actually considered two very different genres of music. Classical music started around the mid 1700's when Baroque music began to seem too "old-fashioned" to most people. I think that a big part of the "change" had to do with the use of violin and viola becoming more and more common... you see, before that, the violin was generally considered a "low class instrument." Because of that it was very uncommon to see Violins in an Orchestra before the time of Classical music. But with all of that aside, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Baroque.
apart from nothing being wrong about baroque, how can anyone honestly say "fuck bach". JS Bach is an absolute genius, and the predominant figure in the transition out of the baroque period. Perhaps he was a little too Baroque, but this was his context and the truth is that he absolutely mastered every aspect of the Baroque period. This is in a sense why the Baroque period ended because he so carefully mastered music of this time that his contempories really had no hope of composing any "Baroque" music that could be respectably compared to Bach's brilliant music. That being said Bach obviously wasnt nearly as popular in his day as when Felix Mendhelson played variations of works by Bach in the 19th century and raised public awareness of the sheer brilliance of Bach. In the late Baroque period listeners naturally would want something new and fresh, for which Bach's "too baroque" music would not satisfy. Reflecting upon past musical eras, JS Bach stands out as one of the most brilliant composers of all time. Im not a great fan of the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, perhaps due to the cliche of the song and being Bach's most recognisable song by the general public. There are much better organ works out there dont just download the song, go on a shopping spree and buy all Bach's organ works on CD. Gold.
One of the few pieces where I think someone else has done a comparable job to the composeur's......Stokovski's arrangement of it is stunning.
It's definitely one of my favorite songs. The best way to listen to it is to just blast it out of the speakers as loud as it can go. Bach is indeed a genius.
Indeed...that's a bit of a pet hate of mine, why must people always call a piece of music a "song" when it clearly isn't? A song is defined as a poem set to music, in other words it has LYRICS people! The only exceptions that I can think of is the so called "Songs Without Words," written by Mendelssohn and I think by Tchaikovsky too, refered to as songs simply because they were specifically written to sound lyrical, as if they should be sung.
