by Simón de Swaan

Without my morning coffee I’m just like a dried up piece of roast goat.–Johann Sebastian Bach

here was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. “He learned to play all of the keyboard instruments of the time and also how to repair and build organs,” says Music at Your House.

Click here to listen to some of his most well-known recordings.

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