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Το 1705, για να ακούσει “κάτι σαν αυτό”, ένας 20χρονος JS Bach κάλυψε απόσταση 450 χλμ. με τα πόδια. Τόσα χώριζαν το Άρνσταντ, όπου εργαζόταν, από το Λύμπεκ, στον καθεδρικό του οποίου ήταν οργανίστας ο Dietrich Buxtehude, νεανικό του ίνδαλμα.
Ο Δανο-Γερμανός συνθέτης υπήρξε ένας από τους σημαντικότερους της εποχής του, από τις μεγάλες φυσιογνωμίες του γερμανικού μπαρόκ, και τεράστια επιρροή για τον Johann Sebastian.

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In 1705, in order to hear “something like this,” a 20-year-old JS Bach covered 280 miles on foot. This was the distance between Arnstadt, where he worked, and Lübeck, in whose cathedral Dietrich Buxtehude, his youth idol, was organist.
The Danish-German composer was one of the most important of his time, one of the greats of German baroque, and a huge influence on Johann Sebastian.

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00:00 Buxwv 225-Canzonetta In Α 01:57 Buxwv 140-Praeludium In D

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