I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.
Johann Sebastian BachRead
On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.
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.
Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation _x000D_ of the human spirit.
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.
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