John Dalmas wrote:

>...  In much of Bach's instrumental music, but not all, I hear a composer
>merely exercising his craftsmanship, with very little musical inspiration
>behind what to me is often just a demonstration of pure mechanics.  Don't
>get me wrong, Bach is a genius at invention and construction but, to coin
>a phrase: "Where's the music?"

In how the expression is combined with technique.

 From a long time communicant of the cult of Bach.

Stirling S Newberry
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