Bach

Contrapuntal climax
To look at the fair copy which JS Bach prepared in 1720 of his Sei Soli a Violino senza a Basso accompagnato is a moving experience. Bach’s fluent, dramatic, perfectly poised musical calligraphy is exquisitely laid out on the page; as was his custom, every page of manuscript is used to the utmost, with [...]

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