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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Johann sebastian bach | History Defined

The 10 most valuable records sold on Discogs last month (March 2026)

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‘If Martin Luther hadn’t been a musician, the course of music history might have been very different’

The German cleric who sparked the Reformation - and profoundly changed Europe – saw music as a divine gift. He almost certainly didn’t say ‘Why should the devil have all the best tunes?’, but he should have.

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Bach with more bite: how to listen to classical music's greatest ever composer

Hi-fi listening lessons from the GOAT

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‘An inner duty’: the 35-year quest to bring Bach’s lost organ works to light

Musicologist Peter Wollny chanced upon the manuscripts in 1992 and authenticating them took half of his lifetime

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Thursday news quiz: TikTok horrors, hat-trick heroes and a rescued baby otter

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years

Archive director in Germany says ‘missing piece of puzzle’ now in place to verify authorship after decades of research

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Scholz to hand over power in Germany to sound of feminist anthem Respect

Song made famous by Aretha Franklin is on military band’s set list for handover of chancellery to Friedrich Merz

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Europe’s leading military powers

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about European military powers. You’ll hear about recent concerts featuring the music of JS Bach, as well as “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan". All that and the new quiz and…

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In Mexico City, this German organist says music is a gift from God and the organ's sound is proof

Being an organist might seem like a solitary job, but German maestro Leo Krämer never feels too far from his listeners

The Independent UK

An Arkansas organist is playing 18 hours of Bach this year, one lunch break at a time

An Arkansas organist is marking the 275th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death by playing all of the German composer's organ works, but he's doing it one lunch break at a time

The Independent UK

Bach manuscript among items worth more than £45 million donated to UK museums

The acquisitions come as part of the acceptance in lieu and cultural gifts schemes.

Evening Standard

“A Rolls Royce appeared to pick me up for Top Of The Pops. I asked who booked it; the driver said, ‘Your manager.’ We sacked him and I took the bus”: The convoluted story of Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade Of Pale

In May 1967, the band’s debut single changed the musical world. Nearly six decades later it’s developed a long and protracted legacy

Louder

“You can only break the rules if you know what the rules are”: How changing up your chord voicing can make your music sound more expansive

Now you’ve composed the chords for your song, it’s time to find your inner voicing!

MusicRadar

Meet the composer who claimed her music channelled the spirits of classical music icons

One of the most controversial figures in music of the 20th century is Rosemary Brown, who died in 2001 at age 85. She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music.

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JC Bach was the darling of Georgian London. Will his forgotten opera shake off the shadow of his celebrated father?

Publication of Lucio Silla by JS Bach’s youngest son could see his talent recognised once more in the city he made his home

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New fish found off Madagascar: remarkable long-nosed skate discovered in the deep ocean

The Madagascar Ridge, in the southwestern Indian Ocean, is a remote, elevated area of seabed south of Madagascar. In 2016, my colleagues and I discovered a new cartilaginous fish species in its deep waters; a catshark that we named Bach’s catshark (Bythaelurus bachi) after German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. (In…

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"I never practiced": Unpicking Yngwie Malmsteen's guitar claim

If he's right, how did he get so good?

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Gareth Malone’s Easter Passion: release date, interview, choristers and everything we know

Gareth Malone’s Easter Passion — the musical maestro guides amateur singers through a tough seasonal challenge.

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The Beatles transcend time, geography, demographics and personal taste

As the anniversary of John Lennon’s murder approaches, we are reminded again that the band’s magic never disappears

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Singing by boys’ choir ‘sounds more brilliant’ when girls in audience

Just as frogs and crickets alter calls to attract mates, study shows male singers boost vocals in front of female onlookers

The Conversation

How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween's theme song

Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn night. As the door opens, an organ pierces through the thick silence and echoes through the cavernous halls.

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The Score review – Brian Cox is magnetic as JS Bach in a clash of values

The Succession star excels in Oliver Cotton’s play about the meeting between the composer and Frederick the Great

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‘My privacy is gone’: Brian Cox on Succession’s toll, spurning Game of Thrones – and his new role as Bach

As he returns to the stage to play Bach in crisis, the actor sounds off about the mess Britain’s in, explains why he turned down Game of Thrones – and reveals the price he has paid for Succession

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From Golda to Frasier: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Helen Mirren portraying the Israeli prime minister or the Seattle shrink revisiting Boston, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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After Amadeus: Brian Cox as Bach is theatre’s latest orchestral manoeuvre

Oliver Cotton’s The Score, a new drama about Bach’s confrontation with Frederick II, continues a rich tradition of plays about great composers

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