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Johann Sebastian Bach!

My favorite of the "B" brothers of classical, he was a true musical genius.

"While Bach's fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer."

Wut?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

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pmolsonmus Tue, 03/31/2009 - 05:43

While Bach's fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer."

Actually he almsot disappeared (other than the church) until "rediscovered" by Mendelssohn. This despite the incredible output of incredibly wonderful stuff.

If you've never heard an 8 part fugue - check out his first motet - "Singet dem Herrn". Even Mozart was blown away when he heard it and asked to see a score.

Phil