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>From: Robert Peters
>Reply To: Moderated Classical Music List
>Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2003 5:50 AM
>Subject: Bach's secret
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>What is the mysterious X which makes Bach's music so touching that even
>an agnostic guy like me feels like a Christian when listening to the St
>Matthew-Passion?
All that is possible is a personal answer, the one that works for me.
It is well expressed, I think, in the famous German Opera House saying:
"Bach gave us God's word;
Mozart gave us God's laughter;
Beethoven gave us God's fire-
God gave us music that we might pray without words."
For me, at least, Bach is the distilled contact with the Divine through
music. And listening to his music becomes a form of wordless prayer.
Pretty subjective, I know, but I wanted to attempt to address your
legitimate question.
John Proffitt
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