A German anatomist analyzed a photograph of Bach’s skeleton, to calculate the composer’s impressive reach at the keyboard.

Musical Passions--settings of the Gospel accounts of the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ--seem unlikely vehicles for popular success in a secular, post-modern age. After all, this venerable genre, ...

Stephen Paulus was just a kid when Bach entered his dreams. Growing up in Minnesota, he often fell asleep to his chemical-engineer father playing preludes on a piano at home, building his chops as a ...

The Kalamazoo Bach Festival will close its 63rd season with a week of events celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, the 18th century composer who is the organization’s namesake. The week will ...

Halfway through reading "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? Or could it be that Bach was working as an agent of transcendence on me as he did on this sincere author? The basic ...

In a new interview, Sting 's guitarist Dominic Miller heaped huge praise on The Beatles and the group's music, comparing it ...

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German musician and composer playing the organ, circa 1725. From a print in the British Museum. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images) In an episode of the 1970s TV ...