Alicia’s Accents – August 10
J. S. Bach (Germany.1685-1750) was a composer producing an astounding number of works. It took the Bach Gesellschaft forty-six years to gather and publish all his music which filled sixty huge volumes. It has been said that a present-day copyist, writing out all the parts as Bach did, would require seventy years for this task alone. However, Bach wrote all this music while fulfilling many other duties – organist, conductor, musical director of church services, and teacher. And yet, Bach greatly enjoyed transcribing works of other composers. The prelude will be a concerto written by Prince Johann Ernst when he was 15 years old. Bach embraced the piece and transcribed it for organ between the years of 1711 and 1714. The natural melodic lines and dancing rhythms lend themselves to the sounds of Bay Shores’ pipe organ.
As we come together and worship, may we leave with a closer relationship to God and each other.
Alicia Adams