Bill Withers Is Delighted With Stevie Wonder’s Rendition Of “Ain’T No Sunshine” In Harpejji
Imagine sitting knee to knee with Bill Withers while playing his classic song “Ain’t no Sunshine”. Imagine having Stevie Wonder singing your song right at your side. This is what…
Retired At The Age Of 68 Jenny Darren’S “Highway To Hell” Cover Is So Amazing That It Makes Me Cry
Some things get better with age, like fine wine and English rocker Jenny Darren. The 68-year-old retiree from Birmingham appeared on Britain’s Got Talent and tore the roof off with…
This 90-Year-Old Couple Playing Bach Duets Should Be An Inspiration To All Musicians
Late fame through polished and radically reduced music: About the composer György Kurtág. It was a whopping surprise when Milan’s La Scala announced in 2018 that György Kurtág had…
On This Day, Walter Gieseking Was Born, One Of The Most Important German Pianists Of The 20th Century
Walter Gieseking was born on 5 November 1895, 125 years ago, and was one of the most important German pianists of the 20th century. Karajan and Gieseking performed together…
A Man Quits His Job to Travel Around the World While Playing the Piano on the Street
Like many other young people, Dotan Negrin felt unsure of his path after college. He jumped around from job to job, but something was missing. In his words, “I wanted to…
A Homeless Man Performs an Amazing Piano Cover of Styx’s “Come Sail Away”
On Main Street in Sarasota, Florida, crowds recently gathered around an ornately painted piano to hear a homeless man play the best cover of Styx’s “Come Sail Away“ that you will…
Bach’s Leipzig 1725 – 1750 The City Of Leipzig In Pictures
Leipzig Town Plan, 1720. Start at the bottom right-hand corner. Here you have the Vestung Pleissen-burg, built as a fortification. Burg means fortress, and the Pleisse is the river…
Bach’s Employment in Weimar Clarifying the names of Bach’s ducal employers
Confusion often arises around the nomenclature of Bach’s employers and their royal relatives at Weimar. This is hardly surprising since Bach had two periods of employment in Weimar, each…
Bach’s Life in Pictures: Contemporay Illustrations Of Bach’s Life And Surroundings
Cover of the magazine “Musikalische Bibliothek” with the Necrology / Obituary on Johann Sebastian Bach inside. Actually, for us, it’s a time travel 300 years back into the past, when…
Baroque Composers And Musicians Johann Sebastian Bach
Jump to the different periods in Bach’s life: EISENACH: 1685-1695 OHRDRUF: 1695-1700 LÜNEBURG: 1700-1702 WEIMAR (first term): 1703. ARNSTADT: 1703-1707 MÜHLHAUSEN: 1707-1708 WEIMAR (second term): 1708-1717 CÖTHEN: 1717-1723 LEIPZIG 1:…