tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1568557488032935870..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Musical IdentityBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-60766038846988074882016-03-22T10:11:48.136-05:002016-03-22T10:11:48.136-05:00That sounds like a nice project!That sounds like a nice project!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-24714527919587207542016-03-22T10:08:52.281-05:002016-03-22T10:08:52.281-05:00Am going to try today to figure out when the vario...Am going to try today to figure out when the various German states in Bach's life submitted to the Pope's new calendar. Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-69274202405518429992016-03-22T09:04:41.296-05:002016-03-22T09:04:41.296-05:00This article in the Guardian clarifies: http://www...This article in the Guardian clarifies: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/06/js-bach-329th-birthday-scholars-numerologists<br /><br />"To mark his birthday in 1685 – which is sometimes dated to the 31st of the month these days due to the switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in Germany in 1698 – the Bach museum in the composer's hometown of Eisenach will take a closer look at his esoteric interest in number puzzles."Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48609381987314305392016-03-22T09:02:13.545-05:002016-03-22T09:02:13.545-05:00Yes, my reference was the Wikipedia article:
&quo...Yes, my reference was the Wikipedia article:<br /><br />"Johann Sebastian Bach[a] (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period."<br /><br />But I just checked with Christoph Wolff's book on Bach and he just says that he was born on March 21st without mentioning anything about the Old Style vs the New Style calendars.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-58676636295532838942016-03-21T16:26:24.555-05:002016-03-21T16:26:24.555-05:00That is silly, using the OS date, tsk. Why would t...That is silly, using the OS date, tsk. Why would they be doing that? The 31st is also a weekday-- I can see that it might be wanted to do the birthday programming on a weekday rather than over the weekend-- but the 31st is also &c. One of those things one never thinks about; wonder when the German princes in Bach's part of the Empire changed to NS. The office being very quiet....Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-29556765011390663062016-03-21T15:53:25.278-05:002016-03-21T15:53:25.278-05:00Tsk; the man on the radio ('partita is another...Tsk; the man on the radio ('partita is another word for suite') was going on about Bach's birthday all morning long. Oh, is it Old Style v New Style, perhaps?Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48447068213646221742016-03-21T14:06:57.092-05:002016-03-21T14:06:57.092-05:00You're welcome!
In our calendar Bach's bi...You're welcome!<br /><br />In our calendar Bach's birthday is March 31st.<br /><br />The Never-Ending Tour! I doubt Dylan gets down to my neck of the woods unfortunately.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-88770303838786031432016-03-21T12:12:17.746-05:002016-03-21T12:12:17.746-05:00Thanks for the history and En los trigales. Happy ...Thanks for the history and <i>En los trigales</i>. Happy Bach's birthday, too!<br /><br />I discovered the other day that one can lay out $500 to attend a Dylan show this summer here in Eugene....Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com