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Bach in the Saddle
Last Friday night our chorus department gave a Bach to Pop concert — first half music by J.S. Bach (accompanied by the Orlando String Quartet which was pretty cool), second half contemporary pop music. During part of the introduction a student said something like [and I'm paraphrasing what I think I remember hearing because, sadly, I don't have a recording of this nor did I have my trusty Palm with me to jot it down at the time]:
…given Bach’s activities as teacher, musician, composer, and church music director it is surprising that he had time to father 20 children….
So, of course, I immediately thought, “Being a father (to even one child) is a full-time job. Fathering 20 children takes… maybe a total of 30 minutes. Right?”
Interesting that mothering and fathering have such different connotations….
Posted on May 20th, 2008 3 comments3 responses to “Bach in the Saddle”
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Jennifer May 20th, 2008 at 18:04
Oh, give the man some credit, Tim!
You have to give him at least one extra “session” for practice, right? And some kids take multiple “sessions” to produce. And as a composer with those musician’s fingers, he must have had some moves. You’d think. Twenty kids does make the Von Trapps seem miniscule in comparison.
Thirty minutes? You’ve seen too many Dominoes commercials. Bach generally enjoyed conceptions, at least musical ones. Who’s to say he didn’t perform “largo” (40 bpm) as opposed to, say “allegro,” which is more like 120 bpm. Of course, sex and music NEVER go together. Nope. Not a little bit.
I’m going to go find me some Bach.
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Snowelf May 21st, 2008 at 15:16
Very different indeed!!
Bach has always been my favorite classical composer since I first heard him in the 6th grade.
–snow
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aymiee May 21st, 2008 at 21:00
Hahaha. I didn’t grow up with a lot of classical music. I’m making up for that now via my daughter’s violin lesson. She’s learning to play Minuet 1,2,3 by Bach. It’s lovely.
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