On An Overgrown Path: Bach – the specialists would never allow that

On An Overgrown Path: Bach – the specialists would never allow that

Some things can only be written in a foreign language; they are not lost in translation, but conceived through it. (…) After all, a foreign language is like art – an alternative reality, a potential world. Once discovered, one can no longer go back to a monolinguistic experience.

Svetlana Boym, The Future of Nostalgia. (via veyabrelapuerta)

Rausch und Not, Wahn und Glück: Ach, das ist Gauklers Geschick…

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Las hilanderas

[BACH BWV 1045]

J. S. Bach: Sinfonia en Re mayor, BWV1045, de una cantata desconocida, para violín solista, 3 trompetas, timpani, 2 oboes, cuerdas y bajo continuo.

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A ciascun’alma presa e gentil core

A ciascun’alma presa e gentil core
nel cui cospetto ven lo dir presente,
in ciò che mi rescrivan suo parvente,
salute in lor segnor, cioè Amore

                       — Dante: Vita Nuova