I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.
Johann Sebastian BachRead
Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation _x000D_ of the human spirit.
Interpretation
Music should serve to honor God and uplift the human spirit.
Johann Sebastian Bach emphasizes that the primary role of music is not merely entertainment, but rather a means to glorify God and rejuvenate the spirit of humanity. This perspective highlights the profound connection between art and spirituality, asserting that music can be a powerful force for good and inspiration in people's lives.
In practice
A church service where hymns are sung to honor God.
I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.
I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.
On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.
I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.
God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.
Design is the term we use to describe both the process and the result of giving tangible form to human ideas. Design doesn't just contribute to the quality of life; design, in many ways, now constitutes the quality of life.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes...
My main language was music, and my teacher was nature.
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
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