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WTF Bach @wtfbach.bsky.social · Sep 19
Thematic variations in the canons of A Musical Offering #bwv1079 #jsbach
Canons BWV 1079, J.S. Bach Musical Offering the Royal Theme and Melodic Variation, Development, Analysis
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Rant: Our Self-Inflationary Language! open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
(5 min. Rant) Self-Inflationary Language
Actually. Yeah, no.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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#BWV853 E-flat or D-sharp minor? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 112: E-flat or D-sharp minor?
Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 853, Prelude and Fugue no. 8
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November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Helmut Walcha demonstrates the possibilities of organ registration: open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 111: The Blind Organist's Improvisations and Registrations
Helmut Walcha's Demonstrations from his 1947 Bach Cycle (Schnitger Organ, Cappel)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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#Fugue! #BWV959 #jsbach Totally outrageous early Bach fugue. Enjoy!

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J.S. Bach, Fugue in a minor, BWV 959 (OPEN SCORE)
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October 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#BWV852 Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 110: Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude?
Well-Tempered Clavier, E-Flat Major, BWV 852
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October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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J.S. Bach, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (in OPEN SCORE)
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#Bach, #JohannSebastianBach, #BWV682, #VaterunserimHimmelreich, #Organchorale, #Leipzigchorales, #ClavierÜbungIII, #Baroqueorganmusic, #Organcounterpoint, #Churchmusic, #Bachchoraleprelude
J.S. Bach, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (in OPEN SCORE + Sheet Music)
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October 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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#AUDIOBOOK 'The Swimmer' by John #Cheever #JohnCheever open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 109: 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever
Audiobook, Short Story (1964)
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October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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#BWV851 #WellTempered #Bach D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 108: Bach's D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One
Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 851, Analysis, Early Versions, Performance Practice
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October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Double Dots in Bach? #BWV850 D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 107: D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not?
'Double-Dotting' in Bach's BWV 850, Well-Tempered Book One
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September 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Brief Rant on Idioms and Proverbs:
"Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
(6 Min. Rant) Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Idioms we use. Proverbs we shouldn't.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Thematic variations in the canons of A Musical Offering #bwv1079 #jsbach
Canons BWV 1079, J.S. Bach Musical Offering the Royal Theme and Melodic Variation, Development, Analysis
September 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The Musical Offering Analyzed #bwv1079 #JSBach #Canon #Counterpoint #MusicalOffering #BaroqueMusic #CrabCanon #Ricercare #CanonPerpetuus #Counterpoint #Contrapuntal #BachCanons #BachFugue #BachAnalysis #LateBach #MusicTheory #MathematicsInMusic #BachPotsdam #FrederickTheGreat #ClassicalMusicAnalysis
Ep. 106: What is Bach's 'Musical Offering?'
Volume 5 in the Complete Keyboard Works, TODAY
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September 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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REPOST!
VOLUME FIVE
is LIVE.
Evan Shinners, J.S. Bach Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 5 - YouTube
Volume FIVE in the complete keyboard works. A Musical Offering, #BWV1079 as well as the suite in f minor, #BWV823 TRACK LISTING: The Musical Offering, BWV 10...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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A Study in Bach's Transcription: Sonata in a minor, #BWV965 after Johann Adam #Reincken - Enjoy!
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Bach's Extraordinary Transcriptive Powers
Sonata in a minor, BWV 965, After Johann Adam Reincken.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Free Audiobook: Isak Dinesen, 'The Immortal Story' open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 105: Isak Dinesen, 'The Immortal Story'
AUDIOBOOK (1/3)
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September 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Volume FIVE is on its way! Musical Offering and Suite in f minor, #BWV823

#BWV1079 #musicaloffering #jsbach

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J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 5 - Musical Offering, Suite 823
Listen to content by Evan Shinners.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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#bwv849 Bach (Almost) Spells His Name in a 5-Voice Triple Fugue open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 104: Bach (Almost) Spells His Name in a 5-Voice Triple Fugue
BWV 849. The famous C-sharp Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Analysis, Revision, Theology
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August 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Did you know this? I assume, perhaps yes? #minuet #MinuetInG #ChristianPetzold #BachMusic #BaroqueMusic
#ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory #Baroque #ComposerFacts #MindBlown #WTFBach #MusicFacts
This Famous Bach Piece ISN'T Bach #classicalmusic #jsbach #baroque #bachpodcast
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August 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Ep. 103: The 'Covid Etude' Moral + Tureck’s Hallucination (11 min.)
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Ep. 103: The 'Covid Etude' Moral + Tureck’s Hallucination (11 min.)
The Profane Goes Back Into The Temple & Bach Visits An Unconscious Rosalyn.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Ep. 102: Bach's Most Famous Prelude (& Fugue...) BWV 846
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Ep. 102: Bach's Most Famous Prelude (& Fugue...) BWV 846
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Analysis and Revisions in the C major Book 1
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August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Ep. 101: The Well-Tempered Clavier! Analysis, History, Revisions
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Ep. 101: The Well-Tempered Clavier! Analysis, History, Revisions
Starting with the Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848, and 848a.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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JS Bach Crab Canon on a Möbius Strip - DEBUNKED
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July 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Back to making videos with sheet music and running commentary- enjoy!
J.S. Bach: Concerto in g minor BWV 983 (Evan Shinners, keyboard)
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July 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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(4 Min. Rant) Literally Can't Thank You Enough in Advance
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(4 Min. Rant) Literally Can't Thank You Enough in Advance
Test... test...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Frescobaldi's Rules for Keyboard playing.
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Frescobaldi's Rules for the Keyboardist
English Translations from Frescobaldi's Prefaces
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July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM