Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>2.  I can't read Bach's mind.  There's the public Bach and the domestic
>Bach and the "internal" Bach.  Each of these categories can be very
>different.  I can't guarantee that Bach never put erotic messages into his
>music; only Bach would know.  I do know that I feel I'm receiving erotic
>messages from Bach in, say, the Musical Offering.  It just could be "me",
>but it could also be Bach as well.

I think where there is an erotic message in music it will draw ones
attention.  Like in Bolero, Carmen, and Skriabins Piano sonatas...all three
examples with very strong erotic power though.

James Zehm
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