CULTUREWashington City Paper·1d ago
The Score Is “Un-Fugue-Able” In Ways Good and Bad
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The article explores the historical meeting between Frederick the Great of Prussia and musician Johann Sebastian Bach. It examines the context of the encounter following the Prussian army's capture of Leipzig.
A conqueror summons the most famous citizen of his most recently acquired territory—an old musician in failing health—to put the newly subjugated artist to the test. It sounds like a parable, but comes from history. Frederick the Great of Prussia invited Johann Sebastian Bach, whose hometown of Leipzig had fallen to the king’s army months […]
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