Creative Quotations from . . .
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) born on Mar 21
German "composer, organist". "He was a master of church music and Composer of the Baroque era; works include "Brandenburg Concertos," 1721 and "Well-Tempered Clavier," 1722-44."
 
   
F
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

R
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
A
"I have always kept one end in view, namely . . . to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God."
N
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.
K
"My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly . . ."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "New York Times," 6 May 1979."
R: "In "Bach bits," "Online Milwaukee Journal Sentinel," by Tom Strini, 9 Mar 1997"
A: "In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by Donald Bolander, 1987."
N: "In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by Donald Bolander, 1987."
K: "Letter to Georg Erdmann, 1732, on his post as Cantor of Leipzig; in "The Bach Reader: A Life of J. S. Bach in Letters and Documents," by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel, 1945."



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