Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have analysed hundreds of pieces of Bach’s music to investigate how well these works can convey information – and the results are fascinating for both ...

The Fugue, too, has elements that are uncharacteristic of Bach. In fact, there are strong reasons to suggest that Bach’s celebrated Toccata and Fugue was not originally in D minor, nor written for the ...

Though his thundering “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” (BWV 565) remains one of his most popular pieces, Bach also created intimately scaled wonders that exploit the more delicate timbres of the ...

The hybrid sets are out Friday, May 10, and “After Bach II” is a sequel to Mehldau’s absorbing 2018 album, “After Bach.” Once again, interpretations of Bach pieces alternate with ...

Bach's pieces help the learning pianist master harmony, rhythm and technique. They are called Two-Part Inventions because there are two separate voices distributed between the pianist's two hands.

The majestic choral work will be a beginning and end point. In a piece of symmetry, Bach's Mass in B Minor will be the final work to be performed at the conclusion of the project in 2035.

His hilarious P.D.Q. Bach compositions included his "Unbegun Symphony," a mini-opera called "The Civilian Barber" and a parody of the madrigal "My Bonny Lass She Smileth," which in Schickele's ...