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| Homage to J.S. Bach - Georges Braques- 1912 |
This afternoon the music of Bach’s Concerto
for 2 Violins came into my head. It is a beautiful and popular classical piece
which you will surely know. Bach is one of my favorite composers and one of yours
as well I think. I especially like this piece since I read somewhere a
long time ago that the music made by the two violins was meant to imitate the sound
of two lovers’ voices speaking tenderly to one another. Listening to it, this is easy to imagine
as one violin starts off slowly and the other responds in turn, sometimes
quickening for a moment, then slowing again, each in a different tone but managing
to blend together in perfect harmony. Bach wrote this concerto in
1720 when he was the choirmaster at the German court and it is considered to
this day one of the very best examples of Baroque music ever written. It is notable
for the gentle yet expressive relationship between the two violins throughout
the work and I was thinking that our love is also like this: an ongoing and beautiful conversation
between our two hearts.
Happy listening.
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