Activity Baz posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago swoon, and then more swoon… DanaThomas replied 8 years, 11 months ago The great Bux! Baz replied 8 years, 11 months ago I wonder why the musick of the 17th century was so thoroughly brushed aside by the Romantics ? I would hazard a guess and say it was deliberately suppressed, but I’m not a musicologist so my opinion is neither here nor there… 🙂 DanaThomas replied 8 years, 11 months ago People were seeking an “exciting” rather than a sublime experience. Silas Pardner replied 8 years, 11 months ago There’s no way of knowing what might have been had J.S. Bach married Buxtehude’s daughter… sigh …
The great Bux!
I wonder why the musick of the 17th century was so thoroughly brushed aside by the Romantics ? I would hazard a guess and say it was deliberately suppressed, but I’m not a musicologist so my opinion is neither here nor there… 🙂
People were seeking an “exciting” rather than a sublime experience.
There’s no way of knowing what might have been had J.S. Bach married Buxtehude’s daughter… sigh …